DECEMBER 11, 2006
The Guymon Board of Education held a regular meeting on Monday, December 11, 2006 at the J. H. Science Annex.
President Dahl called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Scot Dahl, Elvia Hernandez, Dana Lutz, Mitzi Dain and Kevin Breuer were present. Superintendent Doug Melton, Asst. Supt. Mike Parkhurst, Sue Darnell, Minutes Clerk, Principals and guests were also present.
Dahl requested approval of the minutes of the Board Meeting of November 13, 2006. Hernandez made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Breuer. Motion carried 5-0.
Ms. Andrews and the Academy Elementary students sang 3 songs from their Christmas program.
Melton presented the encumbrances and discussion followed. Lutz made a motion to approve the encumbrances as listed, Dain seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
Melton presented the Superintendent’s Financial Reports. Dain moved to approve the Financial Reports as presented, seconded by Lutz. Motion carried 5-0.
Melton explained that Elvia Hernandez and Kevin Breuer were unopposed and thanked them for running again. Melton explained that the target date for the HS Gym and HS Classrooms is February 1st. He also contacted the Dept of Transportation regarding the deacceleration lane by the new elementary and it is not in their plans, so Guymon Schools would have to pay for it at this time. He is checking on getting the speed limit lowered and will contact the Representatives for help on this. He had an offer from Chevron-Texaco of $100,000.00 for the utilities and at this time will not accept the offer. December 20th is the last day of work for the Resource Officer and the board needs to decide if they want to keep this position. Melton estimated that it would cost approximately $25,000.00 of school’s money and it has been budgeted this year. He reported on the Title III LEP Audit. The insurance bid is $141,000.00 for liability, property and automobiles. Parkhurst stated the enrollment is 2391. He handed out information for the new Alumni Court that he has been working on. There will be a Memorial Wall and Tree and there will be stones and markers sold to help pay for the project. Hernandez mentioned that it is a wonderful alternative to the naming of facilities for former students. Parkhurst stated that the High School is working on the NCLB Improvement Plan to reach the benchmark score. He also stated that NE was one of the top 11 schools in OK.
Dain moved to approve the General Information of the Superintendent’s Reports, seconded by Lutz. Motion carried 5-0.
Breuer volunteered to be the OSSBA Liaison again. Lutz moved to accept Kevin Breuer as the Guymon OSSBA Legislative Liaison, seconded by Dain. Motion carried 5-0.
Melton presented the new substitute pay scale for Retired Certified Teachers of $70.00.
Hernandez moved to accept the new pay scale for Retired Certified Teachers, seconded by Breuer. Motion carried 5-0.
Breuer moved to adjourn to Executive Session, seconded by Lutz. Motion carried 5-0. Board went into Executive Session at 8:05. Dain made a motion to return from Executive Session to Regular Session at 8:40, seconded by Lutz. Motion carried 5-0. Parkhurst explained the reason for the Executive Session was to discuss resignations, hiring of certified personnel, non-certified personnel, student related actions, other personnel actions and/or issues related to security and acts of terrorism for the 2006-2007 school years.
Dain moved to hiring of Maria Ortiz/HS Food Service; Ramona Vazquez/Academy Food Service; Maria Jimenez/NE Food Service, seconded by Breuer. Motion carried 5-0.
Dain made a motion to adjourn at 8:43 p.m. and seconded by Lutz. Motion carried 5-0 and the meeting was adjourned.