McFarland School District News

3-15-10 School Board Minutes

Minutes of the School Board Meeting Held March 15, 2010

Meeting called to order by School Board President Arlyn Halvorson at 7:03 p.m. in the School Board Room, McFarland District Office 5101 Farwell Street McFarland, WI 53558.

Present: Arlyn Halvorson, Jim Moeser, Tom Allen, Don Schutt, and Kathy Siegmann.

Absent: none

Administrators Present: Scott Brown, Jeff Mahoney, and Jim Hickey.

Motion by Schutt, second by Siegmann to approve the following consent agenda items:

- Minutes of the March 1, 2010 School Board Meeting

- Approval of General Fund Vouchers #147746 through #148044, #280675 through #280764, and Purchasing Card Transactions dated 1/21/ through 2/20/10

- Professional Staffing Recommendations:

* Increase of Contract: Stephanie Martino, 0.30 to 0.50 FTE MHS Special Education Teacher

Chris Moses, 0.70 to 0.80 FTE Speech/Language Therapist

* New Hires: Kimberly Paskey, 1.0 FTE MHS Long Term Substitute Math Teacher

Brian Utter, 840 hrs/year AV Coordinator

- Co-Curricular Staffing Recommendations:

* New Hires: Jim Kramer, 100% position 2^nd Semester IMMS Student Council Faculty Sponsor

Marcus Oldenburg, 5.0% MHS Assistant Girls Soccer Coach

Motion carried 5-0.

Student Council Report – none.

School Board Reports:

- McFarland’s Best Awards – Wes Licht, Leon Moore, and Janet Moore were honored as outstanding community volunteers.

Superintendents Report –

E. Recent District Photos and Events

A. Reality Zone – March 17, 2010

B. Pre-Expulsion Administrative Rule Update

C. 4K Update – A presentation was given at a recent PTO meeting, and all but one of the community providers will be attending the Preserving Early Childhood conference this month.

D. Important Dates

- Business Manager’s Report – Jeff Mahoney presented his monthly update from the Business Office. His report focused on an update regarding the insurance study committee’s progress. The committee hopes to provide a further update to the Board in May.

Board Comments

Public Comments – none.

Notation was made of the following personnel items:

Resignation: Mart Pearson, PC Network Technician

Position Transfer: Beth DiVita, WIS Grade 4 Ed. Assistant to 1920 hrs/year MHS Guidance Assistant

Upcoming Reports: April 19^th - Asset and Resiliency Council – delayed to early May

Tentative Orchestra Report

May 3^rd - Final Kindergarten Enrollment

Motion by Schutt, second by Siegmann to adjourn. Motion carried 5-0 and meeting adjourned 7:47 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom Allen

District Clerk

TA/as

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