The Trustees of Whitefish School District No. 44 and High School met in regular session on March 12, 2007 in the Whitefish High School Library.

 

Members Present:         Chairperson Dave Fern, Pat Jarvi, Ruth Harrison, Shannon Hanson, and Eric Hosek.

 

Members Absent:          Amy Eddy and Phil Mitchell.

 

Officials Present:           Superintendent Jerry House and District Clerk Danelle Reisch.

 

Call to Order

Chairperson Fern called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.

 

Review and Revision of the Agenda

Chairperson Fern requested reversing the order of the Superintendent’s evaluation and the consent agenda.

 
Public Comment

There was none.

 

Minutes

Chairperson Fern requested comments and changes to the minutes of the February 13 regular meeting, the February 27 special meeting and the February 27 work session.  Pat Jarvi moved to approve the minutes as presented.  Ruth Harrison seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.

 

Administrative Staff Reports

District Clerk Reisch presented the following reports for discussion:

·         Elementary & HS General Fund Expenditure Budget Reports

·         Elementary & HS General Fund Revenue Reports

·         Cash Flow Report

·         Student Activity Account Ledger Report

·         Building Fund Cash Flow Report

·         Auditorium/District Office Construction Budget Report

 

Superintendent House presented information on the following:

·         Student Representative Kevin McDowell was unable to attend

·         Whitefish School District Education Foundation – Superintendent House invited the trustees to the Education Foundation celebration event March 22 at the Whitefish Middle School multipurpose room.

·         Budget – Superintendent House provided budget information including proposed budget reductions and staff reductions.

·         Enrollment Figures

 

 

 

 

 

Consent Agenda

 

Bills and Payroll

District Clerk Reisch requested approval of the payment of the following bills and payroll for February:

·         Payroll – Warrants 100634-100791 for $1,029,687.99

·         Accounts payable - Warrants 24658-24832 for $216,442.96

 

Personnel - Resignation

Superintendent House requested approval of the following resignations:

  • Lisa Delaney – District Office Secretary

 

Personnel – Approval of Transfer/Hire

Superintendent House requested approval of the following transfers:

  • Luanne Sagen – District Office Secretary
  • Susan Leiser – Whitefish Middle School Secretary
  • Debbie McConnell – School Cook
  • David Spangler – WHS Art Teacher, long-term substitute
  • Matt Holloway – WHS English Teacher

 

Pat Jarvi moved to approve the consent agenda as presented.  Shannon Hanson seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.

 

Action Items

 

Superintendent’s Evaluation

 

At 7:35 p.m. Chairperson Fern called the meeting to executive session because the matter about to be discussed relates to a matter of individual privacy and he determined the right of individual privacy clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure.

 

At 8:29 p.m. Chairperson Fern called the recalled the meeting to open session.

 

Shannon Hanson moved to accept the superintendent’s evaluation as written.  Pat Jarvi seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.

 

Adjourn

At 8:30 p.m. Shannon Hanson moved to adjourn the meeting.  Ruth Harrison seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.

 

 

                                                                         

Chairperson of the Board                                    Date                

 

 

                                                                       

Attest:  Clerk to the Board                                  Date