Minutes of
the Arvin Union School District Board of Trustees Regular Meeting held on September
18, 2007.
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The meeting was called to order by Mr. Stoner at
6:32 p.m. |
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Call to Order |
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Members Present: Mr. Bill Stoner, President Mr. Tim Owens Mrs. Joycene Tarver, Clerk Mr. Angel Sumaya |
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Members Present
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Members Absent:
Mr. Fausto Sanchez |
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Member Absent |
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Staff Present:
Mrs. Jerelle D. Kavanagh, Interim Superintendent
Mrs. Angelica Salinas, HD Vice Principal
Mr. Gayle Hui, ECR Vice Principal
Ms. Melanie Meadows, BME Vice Principal
Mrs. Laurie Bowden, SV Vice Principal
Mrs.
Debbie L. Hearron, District Secretary Mrs. Jacalyn Roberts, SV Teacher,
ATA President Mr. Terry Dean, District Special
Services Coordinator Mr. Ryan Culberson, HD Teacher Mrs. Betty Guyton, Migrant
Education Coordinator Mr. Bill Gilden, HD Teacher Mr. Dan Gyll, HD Teacher |
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Staff Present |
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Others Present: Mrs. Sylvia Treanor, Kern County
Superintendent of Schools, Administrator of Human Resources and Special
Services |
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Others |
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Mr. Owens led the
pledge of allegiance. |
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Pledge of Allegiance |
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Mrs. Kavanagh
recommended the following changes be made to the agenda. In addition Mrs. Treanor explained to the
board the changes were necessary to allow time for the superintendents contract
development. 6.3.1 Closed
Session Public Employment Superintendent - will be moved to the end of
the agenda before the Board Member Reports. 6.3.2 Ratification of contract of
employment - Superintendent - will be tabled until a later date. |
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Adoption of the Agenda |
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On
motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved
the minutes of the August 21, 2007 Regular Meeting and September 12,
2007 Special Meeting. |
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Minutes |
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Mrs. Kavanagh welcomed
the Vice Principals to the meeting and introduced them to the board. She then took a few minutes to update the
board on several projects in the district.
Mrs. Kavanagh had spoken to the construction manager of the El Camino
Real project and she was hopeful the work on the kitchen and portables would
be completed before the end of September. El Camino Real is
having a new school marquee installed on their campus. The property acquired east of the district
office has been boarded up and Bear Mountain Fence is being hired to fence
the north side of the property. Also
Mrs. Kavanagh will be meeting with Page Disaster Management along with David
Zamarron and the Arvin Police Department on September 21 to discuss the
districts plan. Mrs. Kavanagh gave an
overview of the Academic Performance Index and Adequate Yearly Progress. She led a discussion and answered questions
from the board and audience. |
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Reports and Communications Reports and Communications API and AYP |
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None |
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Communications from the Public |
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After
a short discussion regarding Intradistrict Attendance Request for El Camino
Real students the following action was taken.
On
motion of Mr. Sumaya, seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously approved
the following consent agenda items. |
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Consent Agenda |
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Purchase
Order Numbers 080181 - 080290 and 13007105-
13007108 Bill Payment 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Payroll Numbers 9, 10, 11, 12 Interdistrict
Attendance Request for the 2007/2008 school year based on parent employment. (*indicates renewal) Julissa
Vega Grade 4 Bakersfield to Arvin Jorge
Vega Grade 1 Bakersfield to Arvin Juliahana
Vega Kgn Bakersfield to Arvin Interdistrict
Attendance Request for the 2007/2008 school year based on child care.
(*indicates renewal) Natalia
Navarro Kgn Vineland to Arvin Intradistrict
Attendance Request for the 2007/2008 school year based on parent request.
(*indicates renewal) Dalinda
Altamirano Grade 1 El Camino Real to Sierra Vista Andrea
Ruiz Grade 1 Bear Mountain to Sierra Vista Nickolaus
Kramer Grade 4 Bear Mountain to El Camino Real Christopher
Kramer Grade 1 Bear Mountain to El Camino Real Ebony
Miya Diaz Grade 4 El Camino Real to Sierra Vista |
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Purchase Orders Bill Payments Payroll Interdistrict 07/08 Parent Employment Interdistrict 07/08 Child Care Intradistrict 07/08 Parent Request |
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A
public hearing was opened at 7:03 p.m. to allow for public response as to
whether every pupil in the Arvin Union School District has or will have prior
to June 30, 2008, sufficient textbooks or instructional materials in all
subjects that are consistent with the content and cycles of curriculum
frameworks adopted by the state board.
No public comment therefore the hearing closed at 7:06 p.m. Mrs.
Kavanagh provided to the board a report with number of students enrolled and
number of textbooks available that indicated that all requirements will be
met by June 30, 2008. |
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Public Hearing/ Textbooks |
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On
motion of Mr. Sumaya, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved
Resolution #1:2007/2008 certifying that all state material fund requirements
have been met and that all students will have appropriate textbooks by the
end of the fiscal year 2008. |
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Res.#1:07/08-Textbooks |
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On
motion of Mrs. Tarver, seconded by Mr. Sumaya, the board unanimously approved
to ratify a Memorandum of Understanding between Arvin Union School District
and Arvin Congregational Church for facility rental for 2007/2008 daytime
CBET classes. |
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MOU-CBET-Arvin Congregational Church |
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On
motion of Mr. Owens, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved the
agreement between Kern County Superintendent of Schools and Arvin Union School
District as a Kern County Consortium SELPA Participation District from July
1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. |
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KC SELPA Agreement |
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On
motion of Mr. Sumaya seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously approved to
ratify
the application to the Kern Community Foundation for $10,000.00 for wellness
activities at the Family Resource Center. |
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FRC-Kern Community Foundation - $10,000 |
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On
motion of Mr. Sumaya, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved
to ratify the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) agreement for Bear Mountain
Elementary for $8,020.00. |
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BME RIF $8,020 |
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On
motion of Mr. Sumaya, seconded by Mrs. Tarver, the board unanimously approved
to ratify the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) agreement for Migrant Program for
$5,564.00. |
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Migrant RIF $5,564 |
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On
motion of Mrs. Tarver, seconded by Mr. Sumaya, the board unanimously approved
the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Central Valley Communities for
Children Americorps Program agreement for Haven Drive Middle School beginning
September 17, 2007 and ending August 31, 2008. |
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Americorps Program - HD |
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On motion of Mr. Sumaya,
seconded by Mr. Owens, the board unanimously approved the following employment,
resignation, retirement, leave of absence, change of status, and termination
of the following certificated staff for the 2007/2008 school year: New Staff: Margaret
Ortega HD 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher Substitute Teachers: Erika
James Suresh Kumar Patricia Ramirez Irene Reyna Denise
Zavala Additional
Assignment: Kimberly
Painton HD Athletic Department Advisor Miguel
Rivera HD 8th Grade Football Coach/HD 8th Grade Girls
Basketball Coach Jose
Bautista HD 7th Grade Football Coach/HD 7th Grade
Girls Softball Coach Aurelio
Reyna HD 8th Grade Volleyball Coach/HD Boys Soccer Coach Steven
Hibbard 7th Grade Volleyball Coach Anthony
Sidney HD 7th Grade Girls Basketball Coach Jorge
Moreno HD 7th Grade Boys Basketball Coach Larry
Sears HD 8th Grade Boys Basketball Coach/HD 8th Grade
Boys Softball Coach Abel
Pedro HD Girls Soccer Coach Trisha
Camps 8th Grade Girls Softball Coach Joseph
Andreotti HD 7th Grade Boys Softball Coach Technology
Assistants: SV Charlie Haycock Jacalyn Roberts Corey Schmidt BME
John Bullard Christy Vargas Jill Gyll ECR
Michael Taylor Leah Perry Kerrie Nisser HD
Ryan Culberson Darren Jones Migrant Program: Javier Pacheco Migrant Pre-K Teacher and Migrant Saturday School
Teacher Patricia
Gaona - Migrant Saturday School Teacher Sylvia
Baeza - Migrant Saturday School Teacher Veronica
Cruz - Migrant Saturday School Teacher Guadalupe
Calderon - Migrant Saturday School Teacher Claudia
Higginbotham - Migrant Saturday School Teacher Joe
Hawthorne - Migrant Saturday School Teacher |
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Certificated Personnel Certificated Personnel |
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On
motion of Mrs. Tarver, seconded by Mr. Sumaya the board unanimously approved
employment, resignation, retirement, leave of absence, change of status, or
termination of the following classified staff for the 2007/08 school year: New Staff: Nichole
Hight BME 2-1/2 hr. Instructional Aide Juana Gonzalez Cafeteria Sub
As needed Elizabeth
Salinas HD 2 hr. Noon Duty Aide Maria Alejandre HD 2 hr. Noon Duty Aide
Alejandre Sandoval SV 2-1/2
hr. Afterschool Instructional Aide Rosalva
Gonzalez BME 2-1/2 hr. Afterschool Instructional Aide Pedro
Villalpando BME 3-1/2 hr. Cafeteria Helper Abelina
Gomez HD 2-1/2 hr. RSP Instructional Aide Janette
Pulido SV 2-1/2 hr. Afterschool Instructional Aide Yadira
Cisneros SV 2-1/2 hr. ELL Instructional Aide Patricia Pantoja
BME 2-1/2 hr. Afterschool Instructional Aide Change of Positions: |