January 15, 2014 at 7:00 PM - Regular

Description:  Stoxen____, Crosby____, Klein____, Miller____, Shelton____, Garrels ____, Lehmann____

Description:  "I move to adjourn to closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity, discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandates by Section 2.06 of the School Code" Roll call
Miller____, Garrels____, Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____,  Shelton____, Stoxen____

Description:  Remedial Warning

Description:  The District 50 School Board appreciates and welcomes all visitors to tonight's meeting.  We ask that all visitors sign in so we can thank you for attending tonight's meeting.

This is the time in our meeting when we invite the public to address the school board with issues and concerns.  While the board is very interested in your comments, this is not a time for discussion or debate, so we cannot respond to comments or answer questions at this time.  However, a member of the District 50 administrative staff will follow up with you within 48 hours of this meeting to determine if you would like to discuss the comment or issue further.  So in the interest of time, we ask that you keep your comments brief and limit them to three minutes.

You should also know that since our board meetings are recorded for re-broadcast to the public, that your comments will be recorded as well.  With that in mind, we request that you keep your comments civil and professional.  We do reserve the right to stop anyone who does not comply with this request.  If you are interested in making a comment, please raise your hand.  When called on to speak, please give your name and address.  Thank you!

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the closed session minutes from the December 18, 2013 regular meeting of the Board of Education." Roll call (Shelton and Garrels Abstain)
Miller____, Garrels____, Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Shelton____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve releasing to the public the closed session minutes for the June 19, 2013 regular meeting the October 16, 2013 regular meeting and the November 20, 2013 regular meeting of the Harvard Community Unit School District 50 Board of Education." Roll call
Crosby____, Klein____, Lehmann____, Garrels____, Miller_____, Shelton____, Stoxen____

SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to withhold from public review the closed session minutes of the July 17, 2013 regular meeting, the August 21, 2013 regular meeting and the September 18, 2013 of the Harvard Community Unit School District 50 due to confidential materials." Roll call
Klein____, Crosby____, Garrels____, Lehmann____, Shelton____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the open session minutes from the December 18, 2013 regular meeting of the Board of Education." Roll call  (Shelton and Garrels Abstain)
Miller____, Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Shelton____, Garrels____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the consent agenda as presented." Roll call
Klein____, Crosby____, Miller____, Shelton____, Garrels____, Shelton____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the hiring of Greg (greg) Pederson (ped-er-son) for the position of Head Night Custodian and Loren (lore-n) Brown (brown) for the position of Night Custodian both at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School and Michael (mike-el) Volpato (vol-pot-oh) for the position of lunchroom/recess supervisor at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year." Roll call 
Lehmann____, Miller____, Garrels____, Crosby____, Shelton____, Klein____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the transfer of Matt (mat) Steele (steal) from the position of maintenance/custodial to district building technology level 1 and Teresa (ter-e-sah) Rojas (roe-haas) from the position of night custodian at Richard D. Elementary School to night custodian at the Harvard High School." Roll call
Shelton____, Lehmann____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to accept the notice of resignation of Irene (eye-reen) Lopez (low-pez) from the position or lunchroom/recess supervisor at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School effective January 2, 2014." Roll call
Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Shelton____, Stoxen____

Description:  There are no notices of retirement this month.

Description:  There is no co-curricular hiring this month.

Description:  There are no change orders this month.

Description:   SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION:" I move to approve the Harvard High School girls varsity basketball "free-throw-a-thon" for the end of January to help pay for summer field trips and their "change wars" fundraiser on February 24 through the 28, 2014 to raise money for summer field trips. " Roll call
Klein____, Crosby____, Garrels____, Miller____, Shelton____, Lehmann____, Stoxen____

Description:  There are no requests for FMLA this month.

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve and forgo the reading of the Resolution Authorizing Notice of Remedial Warning to Paul Dickfoss (dick-foss) as presented." Roll call
Shelton____, Lehmann____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  On December 16, 2013, Susan Johnson, FOIA Officer received a request from Shawn Shinnerman, reporter for the Northwest Herald requesting any letter(s) and/or notice of resignation submitted by District Psychologist Oliver Baldner, and any prior or subsequent correspondence between administrators/district leadership and Baldner regarding his resignation.  On December 18, 2013, Susan Johnson responded, enclosing the letter of resignation from Oliver Baldner and two emails to Dr. Lauri Tobias dated October 8, 2013 and an email to Jolyne Hayes, ccd to Dr. Tobias on October 18, 2013.

On December 28, 2013, Susan Johnson, FOIA Officer, received a request from Shawn Shinnerman, reporter for the Northwest Herald for any documents pertaining to the resolution of remedial warning on the December 18, 2013 school board agenda.  This would include, but not limited to, any allegations, reports of incidents, interviews, or other investigative materials. On December 30, 2013 Susan Johnson responded with a letter advising that the District is extending the time period for response by an additional five business days from the original due date of January 7, 2014.  Susan informed him that District is unable to comply with the request within five business days of the receipt because any responsive records will need to be examined and evaluated by personnel having the necessary competence and discretion to determine if they are exempt from disclosure or should be disclosed only with appropriate redaction and to do so would unduly burden or interfere with the operations of the district.  Susan will respond on or before January 14, 2014.

Description:  Monday, January 27, 2014 - Ag/Horticultural Committee Meeting - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - Facilities Committee Meeting - 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - Special Meeting of the Board of Education - 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - Policy Committee Meeting - 6:00 p.m.