Minutes
January 15, 2024 Board Meeting
Carroll CSD
6:30 PM Adams Elementary Board Room
PUBLIC FORUM – No members of the public addressed the board.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER - ROLL CALL – Board President Kristen Lundstrom called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. Board members present: Jim Friel, Jill Johnston, Kristen Lundstrom, and Stacy McCaulley. Board member absent: Duane Horsley
APPROVE AGENDA – Moved by Johnson/Friel approve the agenda with unanimous approval.
PRESENTATION – Sandy Kluver, Instructional Mentor, gave a presentation on her role in the district, including the mentor program for 1st and 2nd year teachers, teacher recruitment, and other aspects of the teaching and learning team.
BOARD DEVELOPMENT – The Board reviewed policies 211, 235, and 240 for information regarding their duties as board members.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS – The Board reviewed the administrative reports.
CONSENT AGENDA – The consent agenda consisting of minutes, bills, and 1st and 2nd readings of board policies:
Minutes – December 21, 2023
Bills – General ($560,102.14), PPEL ($1,699.04), Nutrition ($48,051.38), SAVE ($20,220.56), Activity ($13,265.91)
1st Reading of Policies – 801, 803, 804, 810, 826
Policies to Delete – 802
2nd Reading of Policies – 550, 560, 561, 566, 567
Moved by Friel/Johnson to approve the consent agenda with unanimous approval.
DONATIONS – Moved by Friel/Johnson to approve donations of $500 from Trinity Episcopal Church to Fairview for student needs and $500 from Trinity Episcopal Church to the Tiger Cupboard. Unanimous approval.
PERSONNEL REPORT
RESIGNATIONS:
- Brian Hogue wishes to resign from his Technology Assistant position effective June 28, 2024. Brian has worked for CCSD as a Technology Assistant for 18 years and as a teacher and coach for 28 years.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Randy Bissen is recommending Taylor Berger for an Assistant Wrestling coaching position. Taylor has been a volunteer with the wrestling program for the past 6 years. If approved, Taylor would receive $3,076.
CONTRACT MODIFICATION
- Scot Aden is recommending that Jackie Hernandez's Teacher Associate- Letter of Assignment be modified to Severe and Profound for 6.25 hours per day retroactive at January 3, 2024. Jackie was Special Education at 6 hours/day.
- Scot Aden is recommending that Hannah Casebeer's Letter of Assignment be modified from 6 hours/day as Special Education TA plus 1.5 hours/day as Severe & Profound to all Special Ed TA for 7 hours/day effective December 18, 2023.
- Sue Ruch is recommending that Angie Brincks’ Letter of Assignment be modified from 6.75 hours/day to 5.5 hours/day effective 1-16-24 at Angie’s request.
Moved by Friel/McCaulley to approve the personnel recommendations. Unanimous approval by roll call vote.
ACTION ITEMS
- Consider approval of staffing plan for 2024-25 – no action taken
- Consider date, time, and place of public hearing for the 24-25 School Calendar – moved by McCaulley/Friel to hold the public hearing on the 24-25 school calendar on 2/19/24 at 6:30PM in the Adams Elementary Board Room with unanimous approval by roll call vote.
- Consider approval of Teacher and Leadership Compensation (TLC) plan revisions – Amy Collison and Wayne Lu, members of the TLC review committee, presented revisions to the TLC plan and TLC positions for 2024-25. Some changes to the plan were discussed. Moved by Johnson/Friel to approve the TLC positions of 4 Instructional Coaches with $15,000 stipend/15 days (full-time TLC position removed from the classroom) and 30 Team Leaders with $5,000 stipend/5 additional days (remain classroom teacher) with the plan to be reviewed at a future meeting after revisions are made. The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.
- Consider agreement with DLR Architectural Services Firm – moved by Friel/McCaulley to approve the agreement with unanimous approval.
BUSINESS OFFICE REPORT
- Business/Finance Report was reviewed.
At 8:25 PM, it was moved to adjourn by Johnson/Friel, unanimous approval.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ Nicole L McCarville, Board Secretary
