I.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order
by M.A. Magri, President at 7:00 p.m.
A. Moment of Silence
B. Pledge of Allegiance led by
Ashley Henderson and Maia Fagan
Present: M.A. Magri, C. Schneider, L. Blasius, C. Amey, G. Travis,
C. Knaggs, P. Ganley,
H. Titus, A. Binienda, J.
Sutherland, M. Christenbery, S. Cole
Absent: None
II.
Approval of Agenda
BOARD ACTION: Motion:
By: C. Amey Supported
By: C. Schneider
Passed: By
unanimous vote that
the Agenda be approved as presented
III.
Public Input
None
IV.
Consent
Agenda
BOARD
ACTION: Motion By: C. Schneider Supported By: C. Amey
Passed: By unanimous vote that the Board of Education approves the Consent Agenda as presented.
V.
New
Business
A. Curriculum Directors
Curriculum Directors
Scott Bular and Brenda Cutler reported that:
o
MEAP
Testing for grades 3-9 will start during the week of October 20th on the dates
specified by the State of
o
MME
Testing will take place on March 10th, 11th and 12th. On the first day students
will take the ACT Test, on day two students will take WorkKeys
test and on day three the Michigan Math, Science and Social Studies. These
tests are the first MME tests based on the new curriculum standards that were
adopted by the state three years ago.
o
Teachers
who give the ACT/MME test have been attending conferences to get updates in
each core area and receive information on test construction changes and scoring
guidelines. The underlying theme of these conferences has been that the tests
are not going away and that Districts need to step-up the rigor in their
curriculum to match the state requirements.
o
Future
students are required to contact the school district in writing prior to the
start of the school year if they wish to test out of a class and the testing
must be completed before the first week of school. A score of 85% is needed to
be eligible to advance to a higher class in a core sequence.
o
The
Elementary School is now using the program Aims Web Program to track student
progress.
o
Recommended
the purchase of the typing tutor program “Tool Factory Keyboarding Adventure”
to be used in grades Kdg through 6.
BOARD
ACTION: Motion By: C. Schneider Supported By: C. Knaggs
Passed: By unanimous vote that the Board of Education approves the purchase of “Tool Factory Keyboarding Adventure” at the cost of $800, as presented.
o
Recommended
the purchase of the Read Naturally Online Program to assist with reading
fluency.
BOARD
ACTION: Motion By: C. Schneider Supported By: C. Amey
Passed: By unanimous vote that the Board of Education approves the purchase of Read Naturally Online Program as presented.
B. Enrollment
Margie Christenbery reported
that the student enrollment is 630. This is an increase of 13 students compared
to the spring count and 9 students compared with the count last fall.
C. K-6 Security
BOARD
ACTION: Motion By: L. Blasius Supported By: P. Ganley
Passed: By unanimous vote that the Board of Education approves the recommendation of a surveillance camera and entrance buzzer at the Elementary School’s front door, 6 cameras in the hallways throughout the building, one monitor in the Elementary Office and one monitor in the Principal’s Office.
D. Elementary Aide Position
BOARD
ACTION: Motion By: C. Amey Supported
By: C. Schneider
Passed: By unanimous vote that the Board of Education approves the posting of a 3.5 hour Elementary Aide Position.
E. 08-09 Goals
BOARD
ACTION: Motion By: L. Blasius Supported By: C. Amey
Passed: By unanimous vote that the Board of Education approves 2008-09 Board Goals as amended.
VI.
Information
Joseph Sutherland, Elementary
Principal reported that
Ø Tickets are now on sale for the 6 Theme Baskets being
raffled by the PTA. They can be purchased in the school office at $1 each or 6
for $5 and will also be sold at various school activities.
Ø The annual
Elementary Halloween Parade will be held on Friday, October 31, at 2:00 PM.
Ø Mrs. Bartley’s
class is once again opening the school store. They are raising funds for
Ø Commended
Marge Fruge on the great work she is doing in the High School and Elementary
Libraries.
Ø Brenda Cutler
did a great job filling in for him while he was out.
Ann Binienda, High School Principal
reported that
Ø
The
National Honor Society Food Drive Collection will begin on October 27th and
continue until
November 7th.
Ø
The
CPS High School Marching Band had a great performance at their first marching
competition held at
Harold Titus, Superintendent
Ø
Congratulated
the Equestrian Team on winning the District and Regional Competitions. The team
is competing at State Competition today (Thursday, October 9th), Friday,
Saturday & Sunday.
Board of Education
M.A. Magri reported that the Magri
Family would like to make donation of books to the Elementary Library in honor
of their parents. The donation includes the “Wild Wheels” series featuring the
world’s hottest sports cars, motorcycles, muscle cars, race cars and dragsters.
Also, the “How Do” series which answers questions such as “How do bats fly at
night, How do we see rainbows, and How do Bees make homes”. The Board of
Education thanked the Magri Family for their generous donation.
VII Future
Meetings
A.
October
27, 2008 Administrative
Planning Board Meeting
B.
November
13, 2008 Regular Board Meeting
VIII Adjournment
BOARD ACTION: Motion By: C. Schneider Supported By: L. Blasius
Passed: By unanimous vote that the
meeting be adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
DATE: November 13, 2008
Louise
Blasius, Secretary