AGENDA Board of Trustees Regular Meeting December 14, 2020 Great Falls Public Schools 1100 Fourth Street South, Great Falls, Montana Welcome to the Great Falls Public Schools Board of Trustees meeting! If this is your first meeting If this is your first time attending a meeting, let us extend our special welcome! These meetings are designed to give everyone the opportunity to participate in seeing how the Great Falls trustees facilitate school business. What is the purpose of these meetings? The meetings of the Great Falls Public Schools Board of Trustees are always open to the public. These meetings are held to officially conduct the business of the school district, as governed by Montana law. Trustees are responsible for key decisions, some of which include hiring of employees, reviewing negotiated agreements, approving new curriculum or changes to existing curricula, facility usage requests, and paying of monthly expenses. How can I address the trustees? 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Again – thank you for participating in this democratic process – we appreciate your presence and are glad you are here. – The Great Falls Public Schools Trustees GREAT FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS Great Falls, MT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jan Cahill Chairperson Jeff Gray Vice Chairperson Bill Bronson Trustee Mark Finnicum Trustee Gordon Johnson Trustee Teresa Schreiner Trustee Kim Skornogoski Trustee SUPERINTENDENT’S CABINET Tom Moore Superintendent of Schools Brian Patrick Director of Business Operations Ruth Uecker Assistant Superintendent, K-6 Heather Hoyer Assistant Superintendent, 7-12 Kerry Dattilo Director of Human Resources Lance Boyd Director of Student Services Tom Hering Director of Information Technology Dave Crum GFPS Foundation Director STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES Ashton Blake C.M. Russell High School Madison George C.M. Russell High School Paige LePard C.M. Russell High School Hayley Burchard Great Falls High School Alysa Curry Great Falls High School Valon Haslem Great Falls High School Avery DeBrae Paris Gibson Education Center Kaylee Stremcha Paris Gibson Education Center Great Falls Public Schools Board of Trustees Meeting AGENDA December 14, 2020 4:30 p.m. – Board Work Session – Audit Review 5:30 p.m. – Regular Meeting Aspen Meeting Room – District Office Building 1100 4th Street South, Great Falls, Montana We Successfully Educate Students to Navigate the Future Page 4:30 Board Work Session Audit Review 5:30 I. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Cahill II. ROLL CALL Brian Patrick III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairperson Cahill IV. ADOPT AGENDA Chairperson Cahill V. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA Chairperson Cahill The Consent Agenda consists of routine business items related to the operation of the District. Any trustee may remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Items so removed will be discussed and acted upon separately under ACTION: OTHER A. Minutes of November 23, 2020 Regular Meeting Brian Patrick 6 B. Personnel Actions Kerry Dattilo 13 C. Good Apple Awards Kerry Dattilo 19 D. Montana School Bus Driver Certificates – OPI TR-35 Brian Patrick 22 E. TR-1 Bus Route Reimbursement Claims Brian Patrick 23 F. Transitional Kindergarten Student Attendance Agreements Brian Patrick 24 at the Early Learning Center for the 2020-2021 School Year VI. COMMUNICATION A. MAFB Communication Lisa Sapp B. Report of the Student Representatives Heather Hoyer C. Superintendent Report Tom Moore D. Coronavirus Update Tom Moore E. Audience Communication VII. ACTION ITEMS A. Financial Report and Check Register for October 2020 Brian Patrick 25 B. Student Activity Account for October 2020 Brian Patrick 30 C. 2019-2020 Financial Statements and Audit Review Brian Patrick 37 D. Montana School Boards Association (MTSBA) Dues Brian Patrick 38 VIII. ACTION: OTHER Chairperson Cahill IX. REPORTS, DISCUSSION, AND POLICIES A. First Reading of New and Revised Board Policies 3110, Tom Moore 40 3130, 3226, 3520 and 3600R - Students B. Discussion, Committee Reports, and Comments Chairperson Cahill UPCOMING EVENTS Chairperson Cahill Tuesday, January 5, 2021 2:00 p.m. Board Policy District Office Building Committee Meeting Monday, January 11, 2021 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting District Office Building Friday, January 22, 2021 2:00 p.m. Board Budget District Office Building Committee Meeting Monday, January 25, 2021 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting District Office Building Monday, February 8, 2021 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting District Office Building Monday, February 22, 2021 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting District Office Building ACTION TO ADJOURN Chairperson Cahill Skornogoski Schreiner Johnson Gray Finnicum Cahill Bronson GREAT FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS Great Falls Public Schools Great Falls, MT MEETING DATE: December 14, 2020 Motion CATEGORY: Consent Second Ayes AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: V. A. Nays Abstain CABINET MEMBER: Brian Patrick TOPIC Minutes of the November 23, 2020 Regular Board Meeting STRATEGIC PLAN Stewardship and Accountability Provide prudent stewardship and accountability of public resources to best support educational opportunity and student success https://gfps.k12.mt.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-2021-Strategic-Goals-Key-Results-Object.pdf BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION The Board is required to approve the minutes of each Board meeting. The minutes of the November 23, 2020 Regular Board Meeting are presented for approval. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS None RECOMMENDATION The District Board is requested to approve the minutes of the November 23, 2020 Regular Board Meeting as presented. For more information about this item, please contact Superintendent Moore at (406) 268-6001 or Director of Business Operations Brian Patrick at (406) 268-6051. Return to Agenda 6 1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2 HELD NOVEMBER 23, 2020 3 4 A duly called Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Great Falls Public 5 Schools was held at the District Offices Building, 1100 4th Street South, on the 23rd day 6 of November, 2020. 7 8 ROLL CALL: Brian Patrick took roll call. 9 10 Trustees Present: Jan Cahill, Chairperson 11 Jeff Gray, Vice Chairperson – via Zoom Conferencing 12 Bill Bronson 13 Mark Finnicum – via Zoom Conferencing 14 Gordon Johnson 15 Kim Skornogoski – via Zoom Conferencing 16 Teresa Schreiner – via Zoom Conferencing 17 18 Others Present: Tom Moore, Superintendent; Brian Patrick, Director of Business 19 Operations; Tom Hering, Director of Information Technology. Also present via Zoom 20 Conferencing were Ruth Uecker, Assistant Superintendent K-6; Heather Hoyer, 21 Assistant Superintendent 9-12; Kerry Dattilo, Director of Human Resources, and Robert 22 Griffith, GFEA President. 23 24 At 5:30 pm, Chairperson Cahill called to order the Regular Meeting of the Board of 25 Trustees and asked everyone to join him in a moment of silence for student Antonio 26 Thierry and staff member and Kenneth Maddox, whom both recently passed away. 27 Chairperson Cahill then asked everyone to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. 28 29 30 ADOPT AGENDA 31 32 Motion – Gordon Johnson, Seconded – Bill Bronson, passed unanimously to adopt the 33 agenda as presented. 34 35 36 APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA 37 38 Motion – Teresa Schreiner, Seconded – Jeff Gray, passed unanimously to approve the 39 Consent Agenda as presented. 40 41 A. Minutes of the November 9, 2020, Regular Board Meeting – The Board approved 42 the minutes of the November 9, 2020 Regular Board Meeting as presented. 43 44 B. Personnel Action – The Board approved the Personnel Actions as presented. 45 46 C. Good Apple Awards - The Board approved the nominations for Good Apple 47 Awards: Administrative Assistant Dennis Martin, Data Technician Brandi Langan, Co- 48 Coordinator of Curriculum Susan Quinn, Technology Department and Data Center Staff 7 1 at the District Offices, Scheduling Technician Stephanie Major, Intervention Teacher 2 Shannon Coffin, Counselor Carly Swingley, Indian Education Youth Development 3 Specialist TJ Iron Bear, Administrative Assistant Jennifer Ulibarri at East Middle School, 4 1st Engineer AJ Griffith at Roosevelt Elementary. Counselor Lori Ostberg, Administrative 5 Assistant Kathie Sybrant, Principal Tara Rosipal and Assistant Principal Anita Ranieri at 6 North Middle School, and Secretary Traci Romsa at Great Falls High School. 7 8 D. Montana School Bus Driver Certificates – OPI TR-35 – The Board approved the 9 Montana Bus Drivers’ Certificates – OPI TR-35 for the individuals listed in the agenda. 10 11 E. TR-1 Bus Route Reimbursement Claims – The Board approved the TR-1 Bus 12 Route Reimbursement Claims for the newly added noon route to the Early Learning 13 Center as presented. 14 15 F. Donation of Kurzweil Mark 4 Electronic Piano to the Great Falls Public Schools’ 16 Music Department – The Board approved the Kurzweil Mark 4 Electronic Piano 17 donation to Great Falls Public School’s Music Department from Laurie Stevens with 18 thanks. 19 20 21 COMMUNICATION 22 23 A. Audience Communication – Community member Emily Clemmons voiced her 24 concern, via electronic comment, on schools reopening on November 30, 2020. She 25 suggested that student’s return to school in January 2021. She stated that with the 26 upcoming holidays, there will be larger gatherings which will impact the spread of 27 COVID-19. 28 29 B. Malmstrom Air Force Base (MAFB) Communication – None 30 31 C. Superintendent’s Report – 32 Superintendent Moore recognized the Good Apple recipients presented in the agenda.