Board Meeting Minutes September 13, 2022

These minutes have not yet been formally approved by the Board of Education and until such formal approval are subject to change.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13th, 2022 AT 6:00 PM at WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE PRESENT:

Conducting: Shawn Davis

ADMINISTRATION

Shawn Davis called the meeting to order. 

Pledge of allegiance is recited.

Liz offers a reverence.

Cory makes a motion to approve the minutes from 8/10/2022. Liz seconds the motion. All in favor.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Tyler discusses the enrollment: current counts are at 446, which is an increase of 2 from last year. He mentions the audit, which just wrapped up and talks about House Bill 475 and provides some updated information on the grant prospects.

April makes a motion to pay the bills. Curtis seconds. All in favor.

CITIZEN COMMENTS

no comments

INFORMATION ITEMS

Superintendent Report

Superintendent Shelley comments on the first week of school and the Gooseberry trip. He also mentions the JLC highlights from the delegate assembly, which include asking for a 10% increase on the WPU, full-day kindergarten funding, $250 million economic stabilization for capital and school safety projects, and opposing public funds going to private schools.

He reports on an admin meeting where we discussed considerations if schools are combined. This includes moving teachers and finding temporary classrooms for those displaced by construction, as well as creating a staging area for construction.

Salary Schedule

Curtis says that he heard some complaints about the salary schedule. He is concerned that the increase on certain lanes was more than it should be and says the schedule needed to be discussed and formally approved. Tyler reminds him of the February meeting with the board where he explained the desire to get all positions at parity with other districts, which required different changes for different steps and lanes. He explains that our starting teachers were the lowest paid in the state, whereas those with more experience were closer to state averages. Liz says she would like to see comparables for administrative positions and she doesn’t believe directors should make more than principals who have significant teaching experience. Curtis and Liz have questions about SPED licensing. Randy provides clarification. Chylene Whipple comments about a prior director’s job and licensing. Cory says he wanted more discussion and he would have structured it a lot better. April says she wants to get all of the staff where they need to be on salaries. Shawn agrees with what has been said. They want to review it in the October meeting.

Board Member Reports

Cory asks about insuring private vehicles for the cross-country trip. Randy says that Risk Management encourages us to use a commercial carrier for all out of state travel and explains that we are not allowed to use high-capacity vans for travel. David responds that we have been working on it for some time and have most of the details figured out already.

April asks about Venmo. Tyler responds that it is available through our credit card reader. April talks about Gooseberry.

Shawn reminds the board about the Master Board Award training and evaluations through USBA.

Hadlee Taylor gives a report on some of the sports programs and announces parent-teacher conferences and some upcoming events.

BUSINESS ITEMS

Approve LEA-Specific Licenses

There is discussion about which teachers are on LEA-Specific licenses and how this works.

April makes a motion to approve LEA-Specific licenses. Cory seconds. All in favor.

Policies

There is discussion about each of the policies in first reading with suggested edits provided.

Cory makes a motion to approve first reading of policies BBG-Board Member Compensation, CKB-Travel, FFC-Student Travel. April seconds. All in favor.

April makes a motion to waive second and third reading and approve policies EEEA-Instructional Resources Evaluation and Selection of Library Materials and EEE-Instructional Resources Evaluation and Selection of Instructional Materials. Liz seconds. All in favor.

New Hires

Curtis makes a motion to approve the new hires. April seconds. All in favor.

New hires include:

CLOSED SESSION

April makes a motion to go into closed session per Utah Code Annotated Section 52-4-205(1)(a) at 7:57  pm. Liz seconds.

Open Meeting resumes at 8:43 pm

Shawn adjourns the meeting at 8:43 pm