Regular Meeting
March 12, 2002
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Pledge of Allegiance
IV. Presentation of Report Cards and Proficiency Testing by
Ann Phillips
V. Approval of Minutes
VI. Citizens' Comments on Agenda Items
VII. Payment of Bills
VIII. Personnel
IX. Approval of Foreign Language Course of Study
X. Approval to Purchase Phone System and Phones
XI. Approval of Tax-Exempt Lease Purchase with Banc One
XII. Resolution to Accept Budget Commission Amounts and
Rates
XIII. Approval of Renewal Rates for Health Insurance
XIV. Special Education Transportation
XV. Substitute Employee Compensation
XVI. Items Worthy of Your Note
XVII. Discussion Items
XVIII. Citizens' Comments
XIX. Adjournment
IV. PRESENTATION OF REPORT CARDS AND PROFICIENCY TESTING BY
ANN PHILLIPS
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the regular meeting of
February12, 2002, and the special meetings of February 26, 2002, and March 4,
2002, appear as Exhibit 1. They are recommended for approval.
VI. CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS
Citizens' comments on agenda items are
welcome at this time.
VII. PAYMENT OF BILLS
Bills for the month of February appear as
Exhibit 2. They are recommended for payment, pending audit.
VIII. PERSONNEL
1. It is recommended that the 3-year administrative contract
for Lucille Brown be approved.
2. It is recommended that the 3-year administrative contract
for Lisa Vardon be approved.
3. It is recommended that the 3-year administrative contract
for Ann Marie Phillips be approved.
4. It is recommended that Mike Smith be granted a 3-year
contract as Maintenance Supervisor.
5. It is recommended that the following be employed as home
instructors as needed for 2001-2001 school year, effective the first day
worked:
Heather Morris Tina Boyd
6. It is recommended that Tammy Etchebarne be employed as a
long term substitute for Melinda Weakland during the 2001-2002 school year,
effective the first day worked.
7. It is recommended the Paulette Ryan be moved from
Secretary II to Secretary III, effective January 1, 2002.
8. It is recommended that Janet Baker be moved from Account
Clerk I to Account Clerk II, effective January 1, 2002.
9. It is recommended that Marilyn Harris be moved from
Account Clerk I to Account Clerk II, effective January 1, 2002.
10. It is recommended that the following be employed as
substitute educational assistants/teaching, assistants/cafeteria workers,
effective the first day worked:
Ruth Michele
Stahl
Susan
Butler
Diana Newlon
Kimberly Henson Tracy
Kearns
11. It is recommended that Springfield High student David
Mathis be employed for TWE (Technical Work Experience) to be paid from the
Assist Grant, effective February 21, 2002.
12.It is recommended that the following substitutes be
employed, effective the first day worked:
Linda
Simon/Cafeteria Linda
Bosnyak/Cafeteria Laura
Halay/Custodian Lauren Thomas/Educational
Assistant/Cafeteria
13. It is recommended that Julie Ord be employed as a 1:1
Teaching Assistant for a student at the Boyer Kindergarten Center, effective
the first day worked.
14.It is recommended that the following Ohio Reads Volunteer
Coordinators be paid $1,000 stipends from Ohio Reads Grants for coordinating
programs in the schools listed:
Young >
Patty
Kachovec
Lakemore > Cindy Alcorn
Boyer
> Debbie
Petry
Schrop > Brenda Graham
15. It is recommended that the following educators receive
$20 per hour for providing 6th grade Proficiency Intervention on Prep Nights
held after school during February. Stipends are paid from Parity Aid Grant
funds:
16. It is recommended that each of the following educators
receive $100 for serving as assessors for the Visual and Performing Arts Gifted
Evaluation held in February as part of a multi-district consortium to identify
gifted students. Stipends to be paid from the Ohio Department of
Education funds for identification of gifted students.
Michael
Green Rhonda Harvey
IX. APPROVAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE OF STUDY
It is recommended that the Foreign
Language Course of Study be approved.
X. APPROVAL TO PURCHASE PHONE SYSTEM AND PHONES
It is recommended that approval be given
for Springfield Local Schools to enter into and agreement with EXPANETS for the
purchase of a phone system and phones at a cost not to exceed $400,000.
XI. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION FOR TAX-EXEMPT LEASE PURCHASE
WITH BANC ONE
It is recommended
that a resolution authorizing the execution of a lease-purchase agreement with
Banc One Leasing Corporation providing for the lease and eventual acquisition
of improvements to school district buildings consisting of a telecommunications
system be adopted as presented in Exhibit 3.
XII. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT BUDGET COMMISSION AMOUNTS AND
RATES
It is recommended that the
resolution accepting the amounts and rates, as determined by the Budget
Commission, and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the
Country Auditor be approved as presented in Exhibit 4.
XIII. APPROVAL OF RENEWAL RATES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE
It is recommended that the renewal rates
for Hometown Health Network and Medical Mutual be approved as they appear in
Exhibit 5.
XIV. SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION
It is recommended that the Springfield
Board of Education deem transportation for Tyler Ullom to be unreasonable,
uneconomical, and impractical under present conditions.
XV. SUBSTITUTE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
It is recommended that the following
substitute employee compensation be approved:
Educational Assistants
$6.50
Cafeteria
$6.50
Custodial
$7.50
Substitute Secretary
$8.50
For long-term substitutes filling
continuous vacancies longer than ten (10) days, on the 11th day the rate would
be an additional 50 cents per hour.
XVI. ITEMS WORTHY OF NOTE
XVII. DISCUSSION ITEMS
District Reports
XVIII. CITIZENS' COMMENTS
Citizens are invited to make comments at
this time. The Board Policy will be followed for this time.
XIX. ADJOURNMENT
It is recommended that the meeting be
adjourned at this time.