USD 377 BOARD HIGHLIGHTS AND SCHOOL NOTES

Unified School District #377 Board of Education

306 Main Street, Effingham, KS 66023  

BOARD HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST REGULAR SESSION

MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2016 BOARD MEETING

BUDGET HEARING 6:15 PM, REGULAR SESSION 6:30 PM

2016-2017 BUDGETS APPROVED

General.............................................         $ 5,365,855

Supplemental General (LOB)...........         $ 1,687,938

Virtual Education...............................         $   25,000

Capital Outlay...................................         $ 521,436

Driver Training..................................         $  9,000

Food Service....................................         $ 400,000

Professional Development...............         $   28,000

Special Education.............................         $ 1,225,000

Vocational Education........................         $ 172,368

Federal Funds...................................         $ 180,438

Gifts and Grants...............................         $   40,832

At Risk (4Yr Old)..............................         $   40,000

At Risk (K-12)...................................         $ 530,000

KPERS Special Retirement.............         $ 420,524

TOTAL USD EXPENDITURES           $ 10,646,391

CONSENT ITEMS APPROVED/ACCEPTED

6.01   July 13, 2016 Regular Session Minutes

6.02   Treasurer’s Report - 08/08/2016

6.03   Activity Reports, Bills & Claims, Petty Cash Reports

• Financial Packet Part I

• Financial Packet Part II

6.04   Gifts and Grants

• $1,000 from DuPont Pioneer Giving Program for Outdoor Learning Campus
• $500 stipend from Hysell & Wagner (Kansas Reading Roadmap information)
• $2,000 from Pepsi for JSH

6.05   Out of District Transportation Requests

6.06          Reports and Documents

• Keystone Superintendents Minutes for August
• Keystone FY 2017 Budgets up for approval at August meeting
• Keystone BOD Agenda for August 17
• ESI State Report 2015-16

6.07        Theresa Cattrell as District Food Service Representative for State and Federal program reporting

Consent Additions

1. Non-resident applications for admission approved

1. Ezekiel Boatman (PK)
2. Madison Stewart (G10)
3. Greenly Johnston (G8)
4. Parker Dodge (K)
5. Ty Crossland (G6)
6. Cheyenne Brown (G9)
7. Karsten Simecek (K)

HANDBOOKS APPROVED

• ES Faculty HB
• JSH Faculty HB
• JSH Cross Country HB
• JSH Football HB 
• HS Volleyball HB
• 377 Curriculum HB
• 377 Parent/Student HB
• 377 Transportation HB 

PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED

Separations/Retirements

• Sharon Delzeit - Regular Route Bus Driver, submitted her letter of retirement
• Brian Peterson, Custodian - resignation. Accepted position with Atchison County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy.

Supplemental Contracts

• Rescind HS Cheer Contract offered to Cheri Hawk
• Rescind HS Asst Girls Basketball Contract offered to Sabra Boos
• Rescind JH Asst Volleyball Contract offered to Brittany Bosarge
• Stacie Appel - HS Head Cheer Coach
• Amanda Hughes - G7/8 PDC Member
• Paul English - JH Yearbook/HS Yearbook
• Corey Thomas - JH Head Boys Basketball
• Gentry Linscott - Head Softball
• Alyssa Richardson - Asst Softball
• Charlotte Michel - PDC (K-3)
• Wanda Small - PDC (At-large)
• Jennifer Dobbs - PDC (At-large)
• Alicia Cattrell - JH Student Council Sponsor
• Steve Wiseman - Head Baseball Coach (interim)

Custodial Contract (At-will)

• Jason Floyd - $9.00/hour with benefits

Certified Contracts

• Jennifer Gigstad - Preschool mentor/coach to be compensated at $35/hour not to exceed total annual salary of $25,000

Substitute Teacher

• Duane Feldkamp

Regular Route Bus Driver

• Becky O’Brien

TEACHER’ CONTRACTS APPROVED FOR 2016-2017

Approved the following teacher contract changes:

Item #1 Compensation - 1.4% salary increase.

• $500 base salary increase with a salary schedule vertical freeze.  The base will go from $34,820 to $35,320.

Item # 2 Supplemental Salary Change

• HS Drama to be moved up from a Level Five classification to a Level Three.

Item # 3 Leave Policy

• A teacher may use one day from their accrued leave as personal leave, contingent upon the following stipulations: 1) the staff member requested the leave on or before October 1st of the current school year, and 2) the staff member has used all of his/her current year allocated leave.  

Additional language clean up on the Leave Policy

• Personal leave shall not be taken during the first or last week of school or during scheduled in-service days. The Superintendent may grant exceptions because of emergency or unusually extenuating circumstances. (Insert paragraph break here to indicate separation of events.)

• A maximum of five (5) teachers (district-wide) will be allowed to take a day’s personal leave immediately preceding or following a holiday. The Superintendent may grant exceptions because of emergency or extenuating circumstances. New teachers will be given 5 personal days for the 1st semester, with 5 to be added during the 2nd semester.

2016-2017 SALARIES

• Classified - approved an overall salary increase of 1.4%
• Administrator salaries - Principals and superintendent no increase.
• Maintenance Director Coder salary set at minimum wage necessary to comply with FLSA
• Transportation Director Henning salary set at minimum wage necessary to comply with FLSA
• District Food Service Director Cattrell moved to hourly to comply with FLSA.

Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 12, 2016, 6:30 PM at the Central Office.