MINUTES
BRIMLEY BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING  7:00 P.M.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 

This meeting is a meeting of the Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the School District’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.  There is a time for public participation during the meeting as indicated in the agenda or at the discretion of the presiding officer.

A.  CALL MEETING TO ORDER  @ 7:00____ p.m.

B.  ROLL CALL  I. BOARD              II. STAFF                   III.VISITORS

A. Cappelli-yes

L. Freedman-yes

J. LeBlanc -yess   

T. Wilson-yes

S. Wallin-no

R. Bedell yes

P. Jones yes

C.   ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Motion by Freedman___Supported by_Cappelli________to adopt the agenda as presented.          

Freedman____

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin ___

Jones ___

Bedell ___      

Cappelli ___

Wilson___

All Members voted yes

Motion passed

D.   RECOGNITION / SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS –none

E.   CORRESPONDENCE-none

F.   PUBLIC COMMENT-Christy Besseau has an issue with the new policy, she wasn’t allowed to go down to the classroom and she is wondering why.  She thinks that wasn’t very welcoming.  Al and Pete both responded with we don’t want parents just running the halls and disrupting classes at various intervals.  There are many parents that feel this is a bad idea.    

G.  APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

1.     Regular Meeting  Minutes AUGUST 19, 2013

Motion by Cappelli__________ Supported by Bedell________ to adopt the minutes of the regular meeting held on August 19, 2013.                 

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin  ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

Cappelli ___  

Wilson___

Freedman___

All Members voted yes

Motion passed      

H.  APPROVAL OF CURRENT BILLS

Motion by___Freedman__________Supported by Bedell_____ to approve payment of bills for 8/1/13 to 9/8/13 in the amounts of:

General  Fund                          $417,788.34

Food Service                           $    4,736.85

Total                                        $422,525.19

Freedman  ___

LeBlanc  ___

Wallin ___

Jones  ___

Bedell  ___

Cappelli  ___

Wilson___

All Members voted yes

Motion passed

I.   OLD BUSINESS  none      

J.   NEW BUSINESS

1.   Resignations

Attached are letters of resignation from Ann Capling, Aquila Johnson, and Rudy Hyvarinen Jr.

Motion by LeBlanc_______ supported by Jones________to accept the letter of resignation from Teacher, Ann Capling, Bus Driver, Aquila Johnson, and 7th Grade Basketball Coach, Rudy Hyvarinen Jr., with regrets.

LeBlanc___     

Wallin ___  

Bedell ___

Jones___      

Cappelli ___  

Wilson ___

Freedman___

All Members voted yes

Motion passed

2. Hiring of a Middle School English Teacher

This position results from Mrs. Capling’s resignation.  The resume for Mrs. Kavanaugh is attached.

Motion by Freedman______ supported by Jones________ to hire Debbie Kavanaugh as a Middle School English Teacher, with the salary and benefits as per the Master Agreement.

Bedell___

Wallin  ___

Jones___

Wilson___

Cappelli ___

Freedman  ___

LeBlanc___

All Members voted yes

Motion passed

3.  Board Goals

We will attempt to establish Board Goals for the 2013-2014 school year at the workshop prior to this meeting.  If that is completed, we  will ask that the Board formally approve the goals.

Motion by ______ supported by ________ to approve the Board goals for the 2013-2014 school year, as presented.

Bedell___

Wallin  ___

Jones___

Wilson___

Cappelli ___

Freedman  ___

LeBlanc___

Tabled until next meeting in October

4. Annual Education Report

We will go over our Annual Education Report (AER).  This is a state requirement.  The AER is in the Board Packet.  There will be hard copies available at the meeting.  It is also available on our school website.

Motion by Cappelli______ supported by_Freedman________ to accept the 2013 Annual Education Report as presented.

Wilson___

Wallin  ___

Jones___

Freedman___

Cappelli ___

LeBlanc______

Bedell___

All members voted yes

Motion Passed

K.  BOARD REPORTS  -   SIT /  PSC  -  Committee Meetings

School impovement on October 22 at 3:30 in the library

L.  ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.     Elementary Principal – Mr. Routhier-Great start to the new year.  Open house on the 9th of September was well attended.  Had the CCDC her to do vision testion already.  School Pics 25th of September for k-12 from life touch.  Meap tests began week of 10/7 its always a big task gettting them ready for that.  Parent conference on 10/17

2.     Middle School/High School Principal - Mr. Reattoir Annual bus inspections happened again.  all passed but one the sub bus that has one yellow light out.  Illuminate parental portal won’t be ready till teh end of the month so the parents are encouraged to call their teachers.  Been doing drill for crisis lately.  its a great start and looking forwar to another great shcool year.

3.     Superintendent – Mr. Kantola  Officail count on 10/2 right not we have 502.  Sit meeting again on 10/22  a lock donw, fire and tonado drill have been performed and later this week will be a school evacuation drill.  Mr.s Hill a parpro will be turning in her resignation so a opening will be posted.  10/23 the eupsba will hold their dinner on 10/23 dinner at 6 and a little program.  also the michigan association of school boards is in lansing so they have some good classes if you are interested.

M.   ADJOURNMENT

Motion by________ Supported by ________    to adjourn.  Time:  7:41_______pm.      

Freedman

LeBlanc

Bedell  

Wallin      

Jones      

Wilson  

Cappelli

Respectfully Submitted,

Secretary