BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BETTENDORF,

Unofficial Minutes of the January 11, 2016 Regular Meeting of the Board of Education (pending Board approval)

1. Call to Order.

The Board of Directors of the Bettendorf Community School District, in the County of Scott, State of Iowa, met in open session according to Iowa law for their regular Board meeting at the Administration Center, 3311 18th Street, Bettendorf, Iowa, on January 11, 2016. President Pepper Trahan called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the Board recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Colleen Skolrood, Board Secretary, verified that the meeting notice had been posted and mailed to the media as required by law.

Members present: Directors Castro, Pyevich, Staley, Struck, Trahan Members absent: Directors Justis, Tinsman Other officials present: Dr. Theron Schutte, Superintendent; Mike Raso, Assistant Superintendent; Maxine McEnany, Director of Financial and Business Services; Kay Ingham, Director of Student Services; Celeste Miller, Director of Communications; John Cain, GW Principal; Lisa Reid, BMS Principal; Jimmy Casas, BHS Principal; Chris Like, Marty Beck, and Kaye Meyers, Curriculum and Professional Development Leaders; Rodger Wilming, BEA President; Kailey Baxter, Student Rep; Colleen Skolrood, Board Secretary.

2. Agenda Approval.

Motion by Director Struck, seconded by Director Castro, to approve the agenda as presented.

Ayes: 5 Directors Castro, Pyevich, Staley, Struck, Trahan Nays: 0 Absent: 2 Directors Justis, Tinsman Motion carried 5-0-2

3 Comments & Suggestions from Audience.

President's Statement. On behalf of fellow Board members, at this time I would like to invite any member of the audience to step to the microphone with comments about items of interest or concern that do not appear on the agenda this evening. Please begin by stating your name and address. It would be most appreciated if you would limit your comments to three minutes so that we can keep the meeting moving in a timely fashion and allow others an opportunity to speak. We ask that you remember that Iowa law prohibits us from discussing specific employees or their job performance. If you have thoughts to share about items that are included as topics for tonight's meeting, we would invite those comments when we reach that point in the meeting. Thank you for your support of our school district.

There were no comments.

4. Commendations & Special Invited Guests.

4.01 Student Spotlight on Bettendorf Middle School.

As an example of project based learning, students from Bettendorf Middle School Board of Education January 11, 2016 Regular Board Meeting 2

presented information on the middle school park project. Kevin Roling, 6th grade science instructor, assisted with the presentation.

5. Consent Agenda.

Motion by Director Pyevich, seconded by Director Struck, to approve the consent agenda as modified. Consent agenda items 5.06 Solution Tree Purchase Agreement, 5.07 Education Elements Agreement and part of 5.05 Approval of Donations were removed from the agenda.

Director Pyevich asked to remove items 5.06 and 5.07 in order to discuss them further. He also asked to remove item 5.01, stating that he wanted to review the notes from the 1/4/16 special board meeting prior to approving the minutes. It was noted that the approval of the special board minutes has nothing to do with the notes. The open meetings minutes from January 4, 2016 are published and approved separate from the closed session notes. The Board Secretary noted she is working on the closed session notes from January 4.

Director Trahan asked about the new positions added under item 5.04. Women’s Choir was added to the curriculum in the fall and there are now two choirs running at the same time. An accompanist was needed to accompany that class every other day for the second semester. The accompanist will also support show choir at middle school and high school. Director Trahan noted the position is as needed and asked if there is a way to know what the limit is. Jimmy Casas will work with Maxine on this.

Director Castro noted it is okay to use his name in the minutes when he asks questions at the board table.

Director Castro inquired about the donation to administrative professional development under consent agenda item 5.05. He asked if it could be used for something else, because Professional Development is already well funded. Principal Casas suggested contacting the family to let them know the money could be better spent elsewhere. He recommended the money go to the Bettendorf Community School Foundation to fund (4) $500 senior scholarships. Dr. Schutte noted his reservations about one-time funds going to ongoing scholarships.

Ayes: 5 Directors Pyevich, Staley, Struck, Trahan, Castro Nays: 0 Absent: 2 Directors Justis, Tinsman Motion carried 5-0-2

5.01 Approval of December 15, 2015 Special Board Minutes, December 21, 2015 Regular Board Minutes, and January 4, 2016 Special Board Minutes 5.02 Approval of December 2015 Financials 5.03 Approval of January 11, 2016 Bills Recommended for Payment 5.04 Approval of Administrative Recommendations – Personnel Classified Resignation Dominique Nunn/MT/Paraeducator/Effective 12/21/15 Morgan Tangen/BMS/Paraeducator/Effective 1/15/16 Charlotte Strang /NA/Paraeducator/Effective 02/26/16 Board of Education January 11, 2016 Regular Board Meeting 3

Classified Recommendation for Employment Sarah Keeton/MT/Youth Mentor/$15.71 per hour/3.5 hours per day/New position/Effective 01/04/16 Dylan O’Flaherty/HH/Paraeducator/$15.71 per hour/5.75hours per day/New Position/Effective 01/04/16 Mary Ellen Carroll/HS-MS/Accompanist/$20.96 per hour/As needed/ New position/Effective 01/04/2016 Certified FYI Laura Hesse/BHS/Social Studies/Completing contract/Unable to secure replacement Certified Approval to Hire Melissa Miller/District/ELP/1.0 FTE/MA,8/$28,418/Pending verification & licensure/Replacing Patricia Orvis/Effective 1/6/16 Schedule D Resignation Kevin Roling/BMS/Assistant 8thGrade , Boys Coach/Effective 12/21/15 Schedule D Approval to Hire Kelly Batke/BMS/Assistant 8thGrade Basketball, Boys Coach/$1,845/ Replacing Kevin Roling/Effective 2015-2016 school year Robert Matthys, Jr./BHS/Head Sophomore Coach/$3,813/Replacing Morgan Lintz/Effective 2015- 2016 school year 5.05 Approval of Donations - A donation in the amount of $500.00 from Kathy Bridle, to be used for the Math Department. A donation in the amount of $500.00 from Van Meter Inc., 5775 Tremont Avenue, Davenport, IA 52807, to be used for the PBIS program 5.06 Approval of Requests for Open Enrollment FOR INFORMATION ONLY. The following students have been approved for open enrollment. Into Bettendorf, 2015/16 Ashley Gomez, grade 11, from Pleasant Valley, good cause Nicholas Kieffer, grade 7, from Pleasant Valley Into Bettendorf, 2016/17 Gabby Berg, kindergarten, from Pleasant Valley Katie Curtis, grade 8, from Pleasant Valley Alexander Stone, grade 7, from Pleasant Valley Madeline Stone, grade 9, from Pleasant Valley Out of Bettendorf, 2015/16 Rodolfo Anderson, grade 11, to Davenport, good cause Robbie Hartz, grade 4, to North Scott, continuation Tehya Loman, kindergarten, to Pleasant Valley, good cause due to change of residence Kassidy Nicosia, grade 12, to Pleasant Valley, good cause due to change of residence

6. Shared Communication & Committee Reports.

6.01 Board Shared Communication & Committee Reports (audio begins at 36m 42s).

Treasurer Perkins reported the Finance Committee met. They had a preliminary Board of Education January 11, 2016 Regular Board Meeting 4

discussion on what to do in the future for a better yield and rate of return in the General Fund. Jason Holdorff provided an update on Phase I, II and III of the court project as well as an update on middle school parking. They briefly reviewed the budget and some variances and will follow up with administrators to see what some of those variances are for.

Director Castro attended the 8th Grade Exhibition Night and said it was well done.

Director Trahan visited a special education classroom at Mark Twain. She highly recommended others to do the same.

Directors Trahan and Justis met with Dr. Schutte on Friday to review goals.

6.02 Student Representatives' Report (audio begins at 40m 21s).

Kailey Baxter reported all winter sports are underway. Auditions for the spring musical are next week. Turnabout was last weekend and it was well attended.

7. Discussion Items & Reports.

7.01 Iowa Core/Math Q&A (audio begins at 42m 14s).

Marty Beck provided answers to the questions the board had about the math program.

Harry Coin, 2118 Lundy Lane, Bettendorf, said the struggle has to be a fair struggle and believes the current geometry book is not fair. He reviewed the textbook and did not think it meshed or flowed together. He encouraged the department to look at a different geometry book.

Mr. Casas asked the board to trust administrators and teachers to do their jobs and said they will continue to report back to the board

7.02 Iowa Core/Literacy (audio begins at 1h 36m 24s).

Curriculum and Professional Development Leader Kaye Meyer presented on Iowa Core/Literacy. Her full presentation can be viewed at http://www.boarddocs.com/ia/bettcsd/Board.nsf/Public

7.03 BCS Foundation Update (audio begins at 2h 08m 19s).

BCS Foundation President Bruce Tinsman and Director Julie Funk presented an update to the board. $136,900 projected programming will be awarded in 2015/16 through grants, scholarships, Parent Teacher Organizations, and after school program.

7.04 High School Course Changes for 2016/2017 (audio begins at 2h 17m 22s).

Bettendorf High School Principal Jimmy Casas presented new course proposals for 2016/17.

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• Heroism in Literature • Honors Earth Science • Job Skills 2 Course • Advanced Manufacturing Career Academy • English Plus Course

The new English course proposal is to provide more electives for 9th and 10th grade.

7.05 Modified Allowable Growth/At-Risk Program (audio begins at 2h 21m 40s).

Ms. Chelf highlighted some future at-risk program needs : . Continued Professional Development dealing with poverty, Trauma Informed Care, At-Risk Issues . Data collection and warehousing . Evaluation of Programming . Challenging Behavior Programming . Social/Emotional Screener . IDEAS: Saturday School, Outreach support per building, increased Counselor time, Intensive teacher training for SCRA grant, 4 yr. old pre-school, Americorp support

Maxine reported $1,622,543 is the total program budget for 2016/17. This is part of our 2016/2017 property tax asking. When 2016/2017 budget is actually filed in April, we will need to reduce what we are asking for by any carryover.

8. Action Items.

8.01 Approval of High School Course Changes for 2016/2017.

Motion by Director Castro, seconded by Director Staley, to approve the Bettendorf High School proposed course changes for 2016/17 as listed in Discussion Item #7.04.

Ayes: 5 Directors Pyevich, Staley, Struck, Trahan, Castro Nays: 0 Absent: 2 Directors Justis, Tinsman Motion carried 5-0-2

8.02 Modified Allowable Growth/At-Risk.

Motion by Director Struck, seconded by Director Castro, to approve the Modified Allowable Growth/At-Risk Program

Ayes: 5 Directors Struck, Trahan, Casto, Pyevich, Staley Nays: 0 Absent: 2 Directors Justis, Tinsman Motion carried 5-0-2

8.03 Motion by Director Pyevich, seconded by Director Castro, to approve Consent Agenda items 5.06 Solution Tree Purchase Agreement and 5.07 Education Elements Agreement.

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Ayes: 5 Directors Trahan, Casto, Pyevich, Staley, Struck Nays: 0 Absent: 2 Directors Justis, Tinsman Motion carried 5-0-2

9. Superintendent's (Management) Report,

9.01 Superintendent's Report. Dr. Schutte thanked Directors for submitting questions ahead of time. He said it is beneficial to be prepared to answer questions. Facilities Elementary Building meetings will begin next week. Dr. Schutte said he received an update from the State Auditor’s office today that they were not able to finish the audit by the first of the year and hope to have it completed by the end of this month. 9.02 Assistant Superintendent's Report – Mr. Raso provided Directors with a copy of the CPM adoption timeline and PD opportunities. 9.03 Director of Finance's Report – Maxine had nothing further to report.

10. Future Events and Informational Items.

• Tuesday, January 12, BCS Foundation, 11:30 a.m., Admin Center • Tuesday, January 12, Early Release • Tuesday, January 12, Thomas Jefferson BLDD Building Level Meeting, 6:00 p.m., T.J. • Wednesday, January 13, Herbert Hoover BLDD Building Level Meeting, 6:00 p.m., H.H. • Thursday, January 14, Grant Wood BLDD Building Level Meeting, 6:00 p.m., G.W. • Monday, January 18, District offices Closed - Martin Luther King Day • Tuesday, January 19, Paul Norton BLDD Building Level Meeting, 6:00 p.m., P.N. • Wednesday, January 20, Mark Twain BLDD Building Level Meeting, 6:00 p.m., M.T. • Thursday, January 21, Neil Armstrong BLDD Building Level Meeting, 6:00 p.m., N.A. • Tuesday, February 2, Board of Education, 6:00 p.m., Admin Center

11. Adjournment.

11.01 Motion to Adjourn.

Motion by Director Castro to adjourn the meeting at 9:08 p.m.

______Pepper Trahan, President

ATTEST:

Colleen Skolrood, Secretary