February 18, 2019
Gresham School Board Meeting
February 18, 2019 Minutes
Present: Alphia Creapeau, Marge Eberhard, Grace Schwefel, Jeff Hoffman,Pat Pleshek and Joan Rosenow. Absent: Andy Schmidt. Also present: Superintendent - Newell Haffner, Principal - Ben Heninger, Finance and Operations Manager - Nick Curran and Administrative Assistant - Cathy Opperman.
Meeting Called to Order: Meeting was opened at 7:00 pm by President Alphia Creapeau.
Pledge of Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present.
Approve or Amend the Agenda: Motion to amend the agenda (delete Fall and Winter Presentation) and approve was made by Marge Eberhard, second by Pat Pleshek, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.
Public Comments: Lyle Grosskopf expressed concern regarding an owner's rep for new construction.
Cross-Country and Soccer Co-op with Bowler: Motion to renew the cross country and soccer co-op agreement with Bowler was made by Marge Eberhard, second by Joan Rosenow, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.
Band/Choir Trip to Twin Cities and Chanhassen, MN: Motion to approve the band/choir trip to Minnesota, April 24th and 25th, was made by Pat Pleshek, second by Grace Schwefel, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.
Discussion and potential action to grant or deny the pending detachment petition on file at District office: Discussion took place. Motion to deny petition to alter school district boundaries was made by Grace Schwefel, second by Marge Eberhard, roll call vote was 4 in favor, 1 opposed (Joan Rosenow), 1 absent (Andy Schmidt), 1 abstained (Pat Pleshek), motion carried.
Fall and Winter Data Presentation: Motion was made to remove this item from the agenda.
2018-2019 School Calendar: Newell reviewed the process that is being taken to make up time lost due to weather/school cancellations.
2019-2020 School Calendar: Motion to approve the 2019-2020 school calendar was made by Pat Pleshek, second by Marge Eberhard, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.
Consent Agenda:
Previous Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve the February 5th meeting minutes was made by Marge Eberhard, second by Joan Rosenow, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.
Administrative Report: Newell/Ben reviewed the following:
Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya, General Music, Band fundraiser and C3WP training.
Finance and Operation Report by Nick Curran: Nick reviewed the following:
Monthly budget recap and elementary boilers.
Ayres Contract: Motion to approve contract pending review by committee was made by Pat Pleshek, Joan Rosenow, 5 in favor, 1 opposed (Jeff Hoffman), 1 absent, motion carried.
Kraus Anderson Contract: Motion to approve contract pending review by committee was made by Pat Pleshek, Marge Eberhard, 5 in favor, 1 opposed (Jeff Hoffman), 1 absent, motion carried.
Tech Ed Space: Discussion took place.
Future Agenda Items: None
Next Board Meeting Date: Motion to move the next meeting date (March 4th) to Tuesday, March 5th was made by Jeff Hoffman, second by Marge Eberhard, voice vote was 6-0 in favor, 1 absent, motion carried.
Motion to Adjourn: Motion to adjourn was made by Pat Pleshek, second by Joan Rosenow, voice vote was 6-0 favor, 1 absent, motion carried.
Date Approved___________
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Alphia Creapeau, President
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Grace Schwefel, Clerk