April 20, 2020

Gresham School Board Meeting

April 20, 2020 Minutes

Present: Alphia Creapeau, Marge Eberhard, Grace Schwefel, Joe Ejnik, Andy Schmidt, and Doug Huck. Absent: Terrance Miller. Also present: Superintendent - Newell Haffner, Principal - Ben Heninger and Director of Finance - Densie Guex.

Meeting Called to Order: The meeting was opened at 7:00pm by President Alphia Creapeau.

Pledge of Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present.

Approve or Amend the Agenda: Motion to approve the agenda was made by Marge Eberhard, second by Joe Ejnik, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Public Comments: None.

Notice of Public Hearing: A public hearing took place to take comments from the public pertaining to Board's plan to ask the Department of Public Instruction for a waiver of the number of required instructional hours for the 2019-2020 school year, and the Board’s plan to ask the Department of Public Instruction for a waiver of the requirements to complete an Educator Effectiveness Cycle for educators in their Summary Year in 2019-2020. No comments or concerns were addressed.

Resolution 85-2020 - To Request a Waiver of the Number of Required Instructional Hours: Motion to approve Resolution 85-2020 to request a waiver of the number of required instructional hours was made by Doug Huck, second by Marge Eberhard, roll call vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Resolution 86-2020 - To Request a Waiver of the Requirements to Complete an Educator Effectiveness Cycle for Educators in their Summary Year in 2019-2020: Motion to approve Resolution 86-2020 to request a waiver of the requirements to complete an Educator Effectiveness Cycle for Educators in their summary year in 2019-2020 was made by Joe Ejnik, second by Marge Eberhard, roll call vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Consent Agenda

Previous Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the meeting(s) minutes, March 16 and March 23, was made by Joe Ejnik, second by Andy Schmidt, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

March Voucher Report: Motion to approve the March voucher report was made by Doug Huck, second by Joe Ejnik, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Construction Update: Nate Yahn from Kraus Anderson provided an update to the building project. Due to the need to upgrade power systems, Gresham School will shut down (with backup generators operating for essential systems) from May 18-20.

Administrative Report by Newell Haffner: Food program during COVID-19, ERVING class reimbursement and billing, COVID-19 update, grading, graduation, Fab Lab, Special Education van.

Finance Report by Denise Guex: Budget was reviewed.

Operations Report: None

Alternative Open Enrollment Applications: None

Track and Field Coop Team Renewal with Bowler: Motion to approve the Track and Field Coop Team renewal with Bowler was made by Marge Eberhard, second by Doug Huck, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Food Service Contract: Motion to table until the next Regular Board Meeting was made by Andy Schmidt, second by Joe Ejnik, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Policy 8420.01 Epidemics and Pandemics (1st read): Policy was distributed for review.

Policy 8450 Control of Casual Contact Communicable Diseases (1st read): Policy was distributed for review.

Policy 29-1 Update (1st read): Newell provided an update.

CESA 2020-2021 Contract: Motion to approve CESA contract for the 2020-2021 school year was made by Doug Huck, second by Marge Eberhard, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

CESA Annual Convention Representative: Grace Schwefel graciously accepted the responsibility of being the Gresham Representative after a motion for nomination was made by Marge Eberhard, second by Doug Huck, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Motion to move into closed session: Motion to move into closed session was made by Doug Huck, second by Andy Schmidt, roll call vote was taken, all in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Motion to reconvene into open session: Motion to reconvene in open session was made by Andy Schmidt, second by Doug Huck, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Motion Made as a Result of Closed Session: Motion to proceed with preliminary notice of non-renewal of a contract due to budgetary constraints was made by Doug Huck, second by Andy Schmidt, roll call vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Adjourn: Motion to adjourn was made by Andy Schmidt, second by Doug Huck, voice vote 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.

Date Approved___________

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Alphia Creapeau, President

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Grace Schwefel, Clerk