December 11, 2024 Board Meeting Minutes

 Board Meeting December 11, 2024 Meeting
Wayne High School
5:00 P .M.

 Attendance: April Torgerson, Curtis Whipple, Shawn Davis, Liz Torgerson, Jim Lamb, Randy Shelley, Cory Anderson, Russell VanDyke

1. 5:04 Administration
   1. Pledge of Allegiance
   2. Reverence - Curtis
   3. Consent Agenda
      1. Approval of Minutes - Minutes were not attached. Motion to table the approval of November Minutes made by Liz; 2nd by Jim. All in favor. Motion carried.
      2. Accounts Payable
      3. New Hires
      4. Employee Separations
         1. Motion to table approval of minutes for 11/11/24 made by Liz; 2nd by Jim; All in Favor; Motion Carries
         2. Motion to approve Consent Agenda made by Shawn; 2nd by Curtis; All in Favor; Motion Carries
2. 5:08 Financial Review
   1. Conversation was had about ordering some of the equipment now for the Elementary Project that we waited on during the High School Project. Board would like to be involved in looking at plans and reviewing them. Some Board Members have not seen the plans recently. Plans are being evaluated currently by the Architect and will be reviewed with the board. Proposal of Liz replacing April on the Facility Committee. New water meter was put in at middle school and may need to be relocated. We are grateful that we were awarded funding for the Elementary Project. Superintendent commented that this could possibly be the last year these funds are approved by the State.
3. 5:16 Citizen Comments - None
4. 5:17 Information Items
   1. Superintendent Report
      1. WHS Phase B - New gym is right on schedule. Kelly has a new program that he is using to track progress and to keep projects on schedule. It is working very well. Next Thursday the new gym floor will be poured. After Christmas break, masons will be back to Jan 6th and start making the walls. Phase A-The Floor Company has come in and ground the floors and sealed the floors in the Art room and Ag Room. The company will be contacted to look at the discoloration in the Ag Room and fix it. Countertops in the FCCS Room have been replaced from butcher block to quarts. Cabinet shop will come back December 20th to fix the last of the cabinets in the FCCS room. Heat is working everywhere. Flooring team will come in on the 20th also to finish trim work around cabinets. Kitchen-Inspections are completed. We started serving out of the kitchen on Monday.
      2. Thank You to April for 12 years, 3 terms of volunteer service to Wayne County School District. She has done a great job on the State and District level.
      3. Grant for a new dust collector was submitted to the CTE committee for approval. Dust collector will be approximately 100K. Shane has asked to have the heat units on the old gym and Bryson’s shop replaced. Current ones are getting outdated and would be wise to replace them. Gym and Auditorium have different heat systems. Auditorium is run with the new boiler system.
   2. 5:34 Board Reports
      1. Russell - Things are working well with the things that have gotten completed over the last few weeks. Winter Sports are all going. All sports teams are traveling and competing. A lot of students are eating school lunch. It is still an open campus for the high school students. Russell will not be attending the USBA Conference in January.
      2. Shawn - Shawn went to a Bicknell town board meeting. Discussion around the water meter at the Middle School.
      3. Curtis - New Board Meeting with Jim. Jim collected info for Charlene VanDyke. Meetings will be recorded and can be shown and reviewed on a District Level.
      4. Jim - Jim will discuss his items with the Sheriff's Office 
      5. Liz - None
      6. April - None
   3. Sheriff Micah Gulley came for Deputy Ellett - Youth Court - Sheriff would like to know if the Board is interested in having a Youth Court - Students would be chosen and would take care of the problems that tend to not get addressed. It is driven by the students. The Sheriff's Office manages the program, but students make the discipline decisions for their peers. It is very effective. Peers are harder on the students. Youth Court is the liaison between Sherriff, Brandon Christensen and the schools. Courts would be held in the library at the school. The administration at the school will be heavily involved in who will serve on the committee. Issues that youth court could be addressing could be fighting, someone bringing tobacco to school, truancy etc.. There will be a lot of training for those students that serve on Youth Court. The Sheriff's Office is willing to support it 100%. Michael Winn, county attorney will attend also. This will go on the agenda in future as a Business Item.
5. 5:53 Business Items
   1. Policies
      1. First Reading - FAB, FABA,FDACA, FDACB, FDACD, FDF, FE, FGAD, FHC, GCA- Motion to approve 1st Read of the listed policies by Curtis; 2nd by Liz All in favor, Motion carries.
         Policy FGAB - needs public input - Motion to Table by Curtis; 2nd by Liz. All in favor. Motion carries.
      2. FAA, FBA, FBBB,FDAC, FDB, FDEA, FFD, FH, FI, GA, GCE, GE, GJ- Motion to waive 2nd & 3rd Reading and Approve the listed policies made by Curtis; 2nd by Shawn. All in favor. Motion carries.
      3. Second Reading - DFA, DG, BLA, BE - Motion to waive 3rd Read and approve listed policies made by Curtis; 2nd by Shawn. All in favor. Motion carries.
   2. SRO Approval - With the New State Laws for School Safety, discussion was had with board members and also Sheriff Gulley about the need of a SRO in our high school and new elementary schools. The Safety committee had previously walked through the new high school with Austin Ashby from the State Security Office. He stated that he would push for a waiver for our district to include High School and the New Elementary as one campus with one SRO. We would waive to have guardians at those locations. Motion that we approve 50% of the salary and benefits of a SRO up to 50K made by Curtis, 2nd by Jim; All in favor; Motion Carries.
   3. Professional Development Day - Motion to approve changes to teachers’ work days to: Jan 2nd - Work Day, Jan 3rd - Professional Development day made by Liz, 2nd by Jim; All in Favor Motion Carries
6. 6:30 Closed Session-Not needed.

 6:31 Adjournment

• Upcoming Events
  1. Dec 19th - Christmas Break (Return Jan 6th)
  2. Jan 9th-11th - USBA Conference

 Minutes by Tammy Pace

 Approved by Cory Anderson

PDF - Dec24Minutes.pdf