DRAFT MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
WILLIAMS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 GOVERNING BOARD
HELD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2007
Revised 1/25/06
The vision of the Williams Unified School District is to place each child in the best position
to succeed intellectually, academically, emotionally, physically, and socially
A Special Meeting of the Williams Unified School District No. 2 Governing Board was held at 5:30 p.m. on the above date at the Williams High School Culinary Arts Classroom. Board members present: Mr. Nenne, Mrs. Cothren, Mr. Parenteau, and Mr. Stilwell. Mrs. Nelson was absent. Also present: Dr. McCraley, Mr. Alford, Ms. Gebler, Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Schulte
SPECIAL MEETING
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
I. OPENING ITEMS
Ø Mr. Nenne called the meeting to order at 5:34 pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Ø Motion by Mr. Parenteau to adopt the agenda as presented, second by Mrs. Cothren. Motion approved 4-0.
II. ACTION ITEMS
A. Discussion and consideration to:
1. approve out-of-state travel for WHS Seniors and chaperones to Disneyland, Universal Studios and a beach in
Southern California on May 17-20, 2007 for the annual Senior Class Trip.
Ø Motion by Mr. Parenteau to approve travel for WHS Senior Class, second by Mr. Stilwell. Motion approved 4-0.
2. approve out-of-state travel for Kate Wamble to New Orleans, LA on March 4-10, 2007 to attend a Power
School Advanced Learning Summit.
Ø Motion by Mr. Parenteau to approve travel for Ms. Wamble with request that she report back to the Board about her experience, second by Mrs. Cothren. Motion approved 4-0.
3. approve overnight field trip for third grade students and chaperones to the Phoenix Zoo on March 14-15, 2007.
Ø Motion by Mr. Stilwell to approve third grade field trip with request that teachers and students return to report on the trip, second by Mr. Parenteau. Motion approved 4-0.
4. approve personnel issues:
1. extended assignment:
a. Josh Grandprey, after school intervention for middle school students through Title I.
Ø Motion by Mrs. Cothren to approve extended assignment, second by Mr. Parenteau. Motion approved 4-0.
2. resignation:
a. Donna Johnson, Payroll Administrative Assistant
Ø Motion by Mr. Parenteau to accept resignation with request that letter of thanks be sent to Ms. Johnson, second by Mr. Stilwell.
Ø Discussion: Ms. Gebler explained that Mrs. Johnson has done an outstanding job with payroll. The person hired to assume the payroll position must be someone who understands that the accurate preparation of the payroll and associated reports is mandatory, as payroll accounts for 85-87% of the annual budget. This person must also know that because of the particular set-up of the District Office, there are responsibilities other than just payroll.
Ø Motion approved 4-0.
5. approve revisions and adopt the following policies:
Ø EF – Food Services (includes EF-R, EFC, EFC-R, EFH and EFI)
- Mr. Nenne presented information from the WEMS cafeteria manager recommending that wording in EF-R be revised to state that only disabled students be allowed to have modified meals, as reflected in USDA School Nutrition Guidelines.
- Board members felt that the current wording is sufficient at this time because there is no indication that an excessive number of modified meals are being requested.
- Members indicated that they would be happy to revisit this issue if requests for modified meals increase in the future.
- Motion by Mrs. Cothren to approve Food Service Policies EF and EFC as written, along with the Regulations for those policies and to omit Policies EFH and EFD, second by Mr. Parenteau. Motion approved 4-0.
WUSD Governing Board
Minutes
January 23, 2007
Ø EBAA-R - Reporting of Hazards and Warning Systems
- Motion by Mrs. Cothren to approve, second by Mr. Parenteau. Motion approved 4-0.
Ø IHBA – Gifted and Talented Education
- Motion by Mrs. Cothren to approve, second by Mr. Parenteau. Motion approved 4-0.
Ø IKA – Grading/Assessment Systems
- Motion by Mr. Parenteau to approve, second by Mr. Stilwell. Motion approved 4-0.
Ø IL – Evaluation of Instructional Programs
- Motion by Mr. Parenteau to approve, second by Mr. Stilwell. Motion approved 4-0.
Ø ILB – Test/Assessment Administration
- Motion by Mrs. Cothren to approve, second by Mr. Parenteau. Motion approved 4-0.
Ø ILC – Use/Dissemination of Test Results
- Motion by Mr. Parenteau to approve the elimination of this policy, second by Mr. Stilwell. Motion approved 4-0.
Ø KJG – Relations with Indian Tribal Councils
- No action
Ø LC – Relations with Education Agencies (includes LC-EA and LC-EB
- Motion by Mr. Parenteau to approve, second by Mr. Stilwell. Motion approved 4-0.
Ø JLIF – Sex Offender Notification (includes JLIF-R and JLIF-E), DJE – Bidding/Purchasing
Procedures and EB – Environmental and Safety Program
- Motion by Mr. Parenteau to approve as written and not add any of the optional language, second by Mrs. Cothren.
- Discussion: Mr. Nenne reviewed recommendations received from Ms. Jean Wilcox, District
Legal Counsel. He concurs with Ms. Wilcox that the optional language presented by ASBA is not necessary.
- Members present agreed that none of the optional language should be included in the
Regulation.
- Motion approved 4-0.
III. MEETING SUMMARY
Ø Mrs. Wamble to be invited to attend a future meeting to report back to the Board concerning her
trip to New Orleans, LA
Ø Ms. Chavez, Mrs. Jackson and third grade students to be invited to attend a future meeting to
present details of the Phoenix Zoo Trip.
Ø Letter of Thanks be sent to Donna Johnson
Ø Letter of Appreciation to be sent to Russ Walton, Williams News reporter
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ø Next meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm on February 14, 2007 at WHS Culinary Arts classroom.
Ø Dr. McCraley reported that he has been in contact with Mr. Bridges and is happy to report that he is
recovering nicely from his surgery and should be back at his Flagstaff home within a few days. He
plans to return to his position as Principal of WEMS in early February.
Ø Dr. McCraley took the opportunity to thank Mr. Hal Alford for sitting in for Mr. Bridges
since January 8. He expressed appreciation that Mr. Alford would agree to stay away from his
home for approximately one month in order to help out.
Ø In turn, Mr. Alford stated that he is impressed with the talented and dedicated staff at WEMS and
also with the fact, that for a small district, Williams offers an abundance of programs for the
students. He noted that the morale in the building is high and he attributes that to good leadership.
He believes that the staff is making great progress with the Reading First Program because he sees
the results.
Ø Mr. Russ Walton, local news reporter, will be leaving the Williams News at the end of the month.
It was noted that he has done a fine job covering local school news for some time and will be
missed. Request made for Dr. McCraley to draft a letter of appreciation to Mr. Walton.
V. ADJOURNMENT
Ø Motion by Mr. Parenteau to adjourn the meeting, second by Mrs. Cothren. Motion approved 4-0.
Meeting adjourned at 6:17 pm.
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David Nenne, President Date