REGULAR BOARD MEETING

MINUTES

DATE: April 24, 2023

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: Hybrid Meeting (in-person at District Learning Center and online)

PRESENT: Brad Wilson, Kim Thorpe, Stephanie Fuller, Jeff Fehr, Barb Polley, Erik Nelson, Steve Nygreen, Chelan Middle School students, Tammy Williams, Tiffany Viall, Rosey Burkhard, Bo Charlton, Brian Wood, Terry Sanders, April Slagle, Carrie Austin, Jody Petersen, Lisa Gleasman, Sarah Sanderson, Krystina Nelson, Luis Lopez, George Neff, Maleigha Peterson, Jasmine Padilla, Isai Gamino, and Georgia Mashayekh

AGENDA ITEMS / PUBLIC COMMENTS   

• Call to order

Kim Thorpe called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.

• Public Comments or Request on Non-agenda Items

There were no public comments.

CONSENT AGENDA        

• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes – April 10, 2023
• Payables & Payroll
• Personnel
• Approval of Instructional Materials Committee Members
• Annual WIAA Membership Renewal – Resolution 2023-01

Erik moved and Stephanie seconded a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented; motion carried.

REPORTS

• CMS ASB

Students from different committees of the CMS student leadership and Mr. Nygreen gave a presentation to the Board about the Middle School Associated Student Body.

• CHS Chelan Project

CHS Chelan Project leaders gave a presentation about the Chelan Project Club.

They also answered questions from the Board and asked the Board a couple of questions.

• Maintenance / Custodial – Rosey Burkhard

Rosey shared a presentation about facilities management.  Her focus was about surplus and how the district can track and handle all surplus items.

• Transportation – Tammy Williams

Tammy shared that student counts are staying the same for ridership, but buses are full, and she is rearranging routes to accommodate.  She also shared info about staffing, substitutes, driver training, security at bus garage, and scheduling for athletics.

SUPERINTENDENT REPORT         

• Celebrations

The annual All Staff Breakfast happened today celebrating the 2023 retirees: Lori Jenkins, Joe Harris, and Vicki Hoffman. Employees of the Year for 2023 were announced: Anna Fernandez for Classified and Amanda Mattingly for Certified.

Administrative Assistants Day is on Wednesday April 25th. Thank you to: Elizabeth Martinez, Lisa Gleasman, Andrea Rodriguez, Jessica Nygreen, Shauna Ventimiglia, Shea Steenhard, Lucy Lopez, Carrie Austin, Alejandra Ruiz, Briceida Gonzalez, and Georgia Mashayekh.

• Superintendent’s Report

Brad shared a presentation about WA School Improvement Framework with information on assessment data.

At the end of the report, he shared some words from the Facilities Thought Exchange Survey for a quick visual on what subjects the community is talking about.

FINANCIAL REPORTS

• Enrollment and Financial – Bo Charlton

Bo Charlton shared the enrollment and financial reports for the month of April.

The district is finishing up the audit and in the middle of annual budgeting.

BOARD POLICIES / ACTION ITEMS

• BP 3211 Policy and Procedure – Gender – Inclusive schools (2nd read)

Stephanie moved to table this policy for a third reading, Erik seconded, and the motion carried.

There was discussion and questions about restroom and locker room accessibility.  There are single stall restrooms in the CTE building.  Brad answered questions about training staff about gender inclusion.

The Board requested to have both versions, changes and clean, available for the next meeting.

• BP 2024 Procedure – Online Learning (1st read)
• BP 5010 Procedure – Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action (1st read)

There was discussion around the Male/Female Balance and Staff Goals.  Brad will review the procedure wording and run by legal counsel to make sure that the district has current goals.

• Summer Capital Projects

Kim wanted to make sure that the 2023 Summer project list came before the board

Erik moved and Stephanie seconded a motion to approve the projects as presented; motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION      

• To discuss the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and/or review the performance of a public employee with no action to be taken. RCW42.30.110

Kim moved the Board to executive session at 7:34 pm for approximately 15 minutes to discuss the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and/or review the performance of a public employee with no action to be taken.

ADJOURNMENT

Kim Thorpe reconvened the board to regular session and adjourned the meeting at 7:48 pm.

______________________________                          _______________________________________

Kim Thorpe, Board Chair                                                               Brad Wilson, Superintendent