Board Meeting Minutes August 10, 2022
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY AUG 10th, 2022 AT 7:34 PM at WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
THOSE PRESENT:
Conducting: Shawn Davis
ADMINISTRATION
Shawn Davis called the meeting to order.
Pledge of allegiance is recited.
Shawn offers a reverence.
April makes a motion to approve the minutes from 7/13/2022. Cory seconds the motion. All in favor.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Cory makes a motion to pay the bills. April seconds. All in favor.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
Lisa Stevens comments that there needs to be further explanation to citizens about the scope of the building projects.
INFORMATION ITEMS
New Teacher Introductions
Sade Syme comes from Blanding and will be teaching music at both secondary schools. Geneva Peterson was teaching at Loa Elementary but will now be teaching social studies at the high school. Lori Chappell will teach FACS classes.
Parker Peterson will teach 6th grade science and assist in math. Lisa Stevens is the new secretary at the middle school. Brailey Brian will be working as an aide in the SPED department.
Timberlee Wood introduces herself as a new 1st grade elementary teacher in Loa. Sarah Gardner will be teaching SPED at Loa Elementary. Larry Marshall retired 5 years ago and had a chance to work at an elementary. He went back to school and will be teaching 3rd grade.
Superintendent Report
Randy mentions opening institute at Snow College. He talks about the quality of our new hires and says he is excited to have them.
Board Member Reports
Shawn reads a letter from Central Utah Education Services describing Superintendent Shelley’s appointment as the CUES chair. Board members offer their support. Randy mentions that he was also asked to sit on the UEN board and says it will be a good opportunity to give input on what happens at the service centers.
April thanks the superintendent for taking time to sit on boards. She says that is important for people across the state to understand our struggles, successes, and needs.
Randy mentions that we met with the architect today and had engineers on the call. We discussed internet needs as well as mechanical system options. We will have an ongoing meeting with the architects and CM/GC. Various staff members also met with architects regarding the layouts of their spaces and design elements.
Cory says that we will be doing a region realignment again with UHSAA sports. April asks about 8-man football. Cory says many of the smaller schools will be playing this year and goes into detail about how the game is played. He also mentions competitive cheer this year.
Curtis says that the maintenance crew has replaced some of the carpet and made some repairs at Hanksville Elementary. There should be about 13 kids at the school this year.
Hadlee Taylor talks about the sports events that have happened and will be occurring soon. She says that there was a concern from the students regarding the cessation of hanging posters of senior students in the gym. David Chappell says that he had concerns when they were discussing the quantity of posters and cluttering up the space. He says they will instead have profiles of students rotating on a TV. He describes the new approach and its benefits. There is some discussion about the value to sponsors. Heidi Woolsey says that she sees the need to generate revenue for each program and that she believes the TV will give businesses fair time.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Football Lights
Shawn asks about the board’s thoughts on football lights. Curtis and April respond that they were very hard to get and the district received donations by multiple people. April and Shawn say there may be future interest in 8-man football. Cory says that he thinks we need to partner with the county in some way but also has similar concerns. There is more discussion about 8-man football. Heidi Woolsey says that the lights have been there for a long time and isn’t sure if they are to code or not. She wonders where we would get new lights if we had football back and believes they should stay.
Curtis makes a motion to keep the football lights. Liz seconds. All in favor.
Policies
There is some discussion about the sensitive materials in library policy, which is now required by the State Board of Education. Cory makes a motion to approve first reading of policies EEEA-Instructional Resources Evaluation and Selection of Library Materials and EEE-Instructional Resources Evaluation and Selection of Instructional Materials. Curtis seconds. All in favor.
New Hires
Curtis makes a motion to approve the new hire pending background check. April seconds. All in favor.
Jamie Poulton is approved as an administrative assistant.
Cell Phone Stipend
April makes a motion to approve cell phone stipends. Liz seconds. All in favor.
CLOSED SESSION
Cory makes a motion to go into closed session per Utah Code Annotated Section 52-4-205(1)(a) at 8:38 pm. Curtis seconds.
Open Meeting resumes at 9:15 pm
Shawn adjourns the meeting at 9:15 pm
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