Elmwood School Board Meeting
Jan. 15th, 2007
Attendance--Jason Afdahl, Steve Thompson, Dave Wolf, Jim Maves, Janelle Wolf, Tony Baier, Barry Rose
and Sue Borgerson (president) Absent- Shawn Madden
Public- John S. of DNR, and Steve Galoff, Neil Boltic, and Mr. & Mrs. Rick Talford
1- Public Input
Sue B.-- asked if anyone had any public input to share or anything else positive to add.
Neil Boltic- stated he was with Glen Nelson, who does computerized graphics w/ digital read boards that may connect directly to a laptop in the office w/ a card.
Barry Rose- stated for Neil to contact Shawn Madden when he could. the area on the board they are looking at is approx. 2’x10’
Sue B.-- asked if anyone had any public input to share or anything else positive to add.
Neil Boltic- stated he was with Glen Nelson, who does computerized graphics w/ digital read boards that may connect directly to a laptop in the office w/ a card.
Barry Rose- stated for Neil to contact Shawn Madden when he could. the area on the board they are looking at is approx. 2’x10’
11- Approval of last months Minutes
Dec. 11th meeting minute approval--motion to approve came from Jim Maves, and seconded by J. Wolf
111-Administrative reports
Shawn Madden being absent, there was no report by the school Principal
Barry Rose “I want to welcome the public like I always do”
“Cenex donation program was rec’d-there was also a picture in the paper”
“Isaac Weix donation rec’d from the $ left over from his campaign fund”
“Glen Nelson fund and Tax $ LTE will be in the upcoming paper”- a committee will be formed for the use of these $. He also spoke of the sportsmanship award the school has rec’d several years, and a change to the programs for the games. there would be a letter by the students placed on the backside now. He then went on to saying the issues in sports they have been having, is not with the students, but the parents more than anything else.
D. Wolf- then asked how many rule changes have occurred, he felt maybe there was a need for the awareness to parents on these rules.
J. Maves- replied that the rules very seldom get changed, and when they do, it is usually to make them more understandable, vs. new rules being applied.
D. Wolf -then again stated, I just think we need to educate the parents
Barry Rose- then returned to his reports--the Title 1 news was in front of everyone, also the SSA capital report- the Cesa 11 shared services, and what are being rec’d, he said “ it’s crunch time here at the end of the season, or I mean year” a report would be coming in Feb. on the Special Ed services and technologies.
there is an upcoming meeting March 27th @ 6 pm in turtle lake and the speaker will be Murry Banks.
The upcoming committee meeting where as follows--Jan. 24th, the grounds comm. will meet, Jan, 31st, the finance comm. will meet, Feb, 28th the professional staff meeting, and March 7th, the support staff will meet. all meetings are held on Wed. evenings at 6:30 pm. The committee have also been re-organized by Barry--The April Election has 2, 3 yr terms, and 1 1 yr term available. Tony B. is not re-running after 20 yrs of service--there will be an award given to him at the state conference during the general session.
Sue B. stated she had 1 item to add--The policy book had a few changes made to organize it. the WASB gave a listing, that she decided to use in there own handbook. everything was to be done in a category related setting, instead of alphabetical order.
Jason Afdahl- asked if there was any chances to do as Elk Mound is doing, and have an open session prior to the board meetings for the public input section. he states it has saved the school board time in talking over items by the public. A couple board members is all that would be needed. and a half hour prior to each meeting. Steve and Jason would most likely be the board members present to speak with. The board stated, maybe the meetings should not be in the board room though, it should be held in a classroom.
Sue B. then made a change to the agenda, by placing the DNR proposal up in front of the action items,
to allow the speakers there time, instead of making them wait.
V1- information items
DNR restoration of the stream bank--The reps. gave a presentation on how they would like to make changes to a section of the Eau Galle stream behind the football field. they would taper the bank, creating an access for public use. they would remove all trash, as well as some box elder trees. they would create habitat riffles to promote the trout population. and create better pool areas to open up the channels. none of this work would begin prior to July 1, 2007. He went on to state how the box elder trees are releasing toxins into the stream, and creating a poor situation for the river. while researching this, they found that a couple of sections are privately owned. He went on to state that the work done in Spring Valley was not to the liking of the school superintendent. they did not want public access to the river, so close to the school. this had changed a bit since then, he replied. there would be no cost to the school, and the project would only take a couple weeks to get done. The walking trail by the river is found to be all on private land. The board will have them come back in Feb.
Sue B. started to get nasty with a member of the Public, Kris Talford asking her if she was recording the meeting, she replied yes. Sue then became more nasty, shaking her finger at Kris, and stating they have spoken to her before about recording the meetings. She says they must inform the board of any recordings. Rick T. then replied to the board, it was never asked about, so there should not have been any problems. Sue continued to pursue an answer to her request if Kris understood-- she repeatedly cont. to shake her finger and ask--Kris responded by saying, yeah. and also stated, there should be no problem, unless there is something to hide. Sue got ready to proceed.
Barry Rose piped up, and stated “ are you going to just sit there and stare at me” pointing Mr. Talford out. Rick T. responded by stating “ I have been here for 52 min. and have only looked up a couple times, so I have not been staring at you” Barry said, “ you are now” Rick responded by saying “ you have made this a personal issue now , haven’t you” and Barry did not respond. The board was quiet for a few seconds, and proceeded with the meeting.
V--action items
A. approval of the bills--
Jason made a motion to approve the bills as presented, and a roll call vote then went through--
B. approve resignation
Rita Princko gave her resignation to the board by letter, she had worked 14 yrs in the special Ed program.
V1--B. spring referendum
Barry Rose gave the information given--He went over the Fund 10 info. , and also the public referendum that would be upcoming. This was expected around April. He then made a statement “ I’m excited to make decisions that are positive for our kids” He then went on to add, this is a community ref., not a school ref. he added that there was a need of the public input for this. The school also has some heating issues with the Chet lien gym area, as well as some of the older sections of the school.
unhappy, the board went into closed session--for their executive session of the board meeting. Public was then asked to leave.
