February 9, 2011 at 6:15 PM - Board of Education Meeting

Description:  Health Leave

Ernest Watson, Special Education Teacher, North Junior High School and Apollo High School, effective February 3, 2011 through June 3, 2011.

New Hire
 
Stacie Schraut, Special Education Teacher, South Junior High School, effective January 12, 2011, Lane BA, Pay Level 2 (full time contract for 97 days).  Ms. Schraut’s salary for this assignment will be $17,231.08.
 
Michele Schwinghammer, Kindergarten Teacher (Long Call Substitute), Lincoln Elementary School, effective January 24, 2011 through March 4, 2011 (50% of a full time contract for 30 days).  Ms. Schwinghammer’s salary for this assignment will be $2,664.60.
 
Retirement
 
Loretta Danzl, Fifth Grade Teacher, Talahi Community School, last day of service June 3, 2011, after almost 30 years of service in District 742.

Dale Freese, Fifth Grade Teacher, Oak Hill Community School, last day of service June 3, 2011, after almost 37 years of service in District 742.
 
David Funk, Math Teacher, Apollo High School, last day of service June 3, 2011, after 12 ½ years of service in District 742.
 
Jeanne Richart, First Grade Teacher, Oak Hill Community School, last day of service July 21, 2011, after almost 27 years of service in District 742.
 
Dawn Siekman, Kindergarten Teacher, Lincoln Elementary School, last day of service June 3, 2011, after 11 ½ years of service in District 742.

Description:  Child Care Leave
 
Billy Fritz, Custodian, Apollo High School, effective on or about March 1, 2011 through on or about March 22, 2011.
 
Health Leave
 
Joyce Nieters, Kitchen Helper, Westwood Elementary School, effective January 3, 2011 through January 9, 2011 and January 11, 2011 through January 28, 2011.

Layoff - position reduction 

Luwann Jacobs, Clerical Paraprofessional, Oak Hill Community School, effective June 4, 2010, through December 4, 2011.  This is an amendment to the October 28, 2010 Board action on the consent agenda where this item was listed as a resignation.
 
Leave of Absence
 
Linda Ferrell, Special Education Paraprofessional, Oak Hill Community School, effective February 1, 2011, through February 28, 2011.
 
Nguyen Minh-Tay Duong, Custodian, Technical High School, effective February 14, 2011 through March 14, 2011.
 
Patricia Schoenberg, Classroom Paraprofessional, Roosevelt Early Childhood Center, effective on or about February 15, 2011 through June 3, 2011.

New Hire

Bryan Brown, Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds, District Services Building, effective February 14, 2011, at an annual salary of $61,281.60.
 
Rehire
 
Cassandra Johanson, Special Education Paraprofessional (Long Call Substitute), Oak Hill Community School, effective February 1, 2011 through February 28, 2011, at a rate of $10.47 per hour.
 
Resignation
 
Timothy Brannick, Bus Driver, District Services Building, last day of service was June 4, 2010.
 
Jennifer Feigum, Special Education Paraprofessional, North Junior High School, last day of service January 28, 2011.
 
Patricia McLaird, Special Education Paraprofessional, Discovery Community School, last day of service was February 8, 2007.
 
Jon Molden, Bus Driver, District Services Building, last day of service February 15, 2010.
 
Retirement
 
Loren Notsch, Custodian, Technical High School, effective February 1, 2011, after almost 16 years of service in District 742.  This is an amendment to the January 12, 2011, Board action on the consent agenda where this item was listed as almost 26 years of service.
 
David Schindler, Custodian, South Junior High School, effective June 30, 2011, after 13 years of service in District 742.
 
Judith Schindler, Computer Programmer, Community Education, effective June 30, 2011, after almost 29 years of service in District 742.
 
Termination
 
Kelly Grack, Special Education Paraprofessional, Apollo High School, last day of service November 5, 2010.

Description:  The Administration recommends approval of an agreement with First Choice Food and Beverage Solutions regarding the vending of beverages on District properties.  A copy of the agreement is attached.

Description:  The Administration recommends approval of Change Order #4 for the above named project with Alliance Building Corporation in the total amount of +$4,280 for the following: at McKinley - changes to walls and flooring requested in bathroom, credit to accept flooring that was installed with the wrong color; at North - HVAC changes, credit for media center flooring; South - HVAC changes.
 
This project is funded from Operating Capital.

Description: 
The Administration recommends approval for submission of the following grant applications:

1.   “Inside Out Connections” grant application in the amount of $5,000.00 by Roosevelt Early Childhood Family Education to the Initiative Foundation.  The purpose of the grant will be identify needs of families impacted by incarceration, build an effective service network around parents, caregivers, and children using current and enhanced agency resources, and improve agencies’ strategies for serving parents, caregivers and children.  The coalition requests support for coalition activities to increase community collaboration, awareness and knowledge, improve service strategies, and impact children’s lives as described in the priorities listed in this application.