05/26/15 Minutes - Wenatchee School District 246

Wenatchee School District Board of Directors
Wenatchee School District
Regular Board Meeting
Minutes of May 26, 2015
WSD District Office
Board Members Present
Walter Newman, President
Jennifer Talbot, V.P.
Robert Sealby
Jesús Hernández
I. Regular Meeting 6:00 p.m.
6:00 PM
Staff Present
Brian Flones, Superintendent
Cabinet
Walter Newman, Board President, opened the regular board
meeting at 6 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance. Laura R. Jaecks had an excused
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Walter Newman, asked for a motion to approve the consent agenda.
II. Consent Agenda
1) Minutes
MOTION MADE: Robert Sealby made the motion to approve the
consent agenda. The consent agenda included a walk-on approval for Resignation
from Bryan Visscher, Director of Facilities effective June 30, 2015.
SECONDED: By Jesús Hernández
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
Jennifer Talbot mentioned how pleased she is to see a partnership with the City of
Wenatchee and Alcoa for providing support for a new playground at Columbia
Elementary school, and grateful to Principal Bill Eagle for his leadership on this
project and his work to encourage parent involvement at Columbia. She is also
thankful to Carolyn Griffin-Bugert and her team for working to obtain grant
funding for afterschool programs and partnering with Americorp for staffing these
programs.
Consent Agenda included:
MINUTES:
5/12/15 Reg. Board Meeting Minutes
2) Personnel Report
PERSONNEL REPORT PREPARED BY: Lisa Turner, HR Director:
5/26/2015 personnel report: on file
3) Vouchers/Payroll
VOUCHERS & CONTRACTS PREPARED BY:
Karen Walters, Director of Accounting: 5/26/15
General Fund
Check numbers 576406 through 576612 totaling $546,084.28
Capital Projects Fund
Check number 576613 through 576621 totaling $601,523.86
Associated Student Body Fund
Check number 576622 through 576668 totaling $34,066.17
PAYROLL: Tammy Hubensack, Director of Payroll:
5.378.294.19 for the month of May 2015.
4) Surplus Report
5) Contracts
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SURPLUS REPORT PREPARED BY:
Karen Walters, Director of Accounting: None
III. Citizen Comments
NONE
IV. Recognitions
1) GLAD Teachers: Assist. Supt. Jodi Smith Payne along with the Glad Coaches
recognized the following:
GLAD® Phase 1 Recognition
We would like to honor and recognize teachers who have elected to complete GLAD® Phase 1 to develop and refine their
instructional practice. The following teachers participated in collaborative modeling, co-teaching, and feedback sessions with
GLAD® Agency Trainers. These teachers demonstrated each Phase 1 strategy three times as coaches and/or principals
identified the correct use of the critical attributes of each strategy (see attached record keeping sheet that documents each
teacher’s growth in the strategies). GLAD® strategies are based on sound educational research and are clearly aligned with the
Marzano Instructional Framework. We commend their effort and commitment to teaching excellence.
Abraham Lincoln:
Instructional Coach-Lynn Pearl
Carmen Wilson
Christina Rodriguez
Teresa Heinz
Kristina Mason
Marta Guerrero
Todd Gaytley
Cindy Mahler
Columbia:
Instructional Coach-Andrea O’Donnell
Patti Cone
Kim Cuevas
Laurie Card Roley
Roxanna Vanatta
Rebecca Heffron
Jenifer Kniveton
Katie Weaver
Dahlia Avila
Gretchen Cline
Mark Woolsey
100% of staff who have been trained in GLAD are
implementing GLAD strategies in their classroom.
Newbery:
Instructional Coach-Cathy Reasor
Tiffany Viall
Robert Schott
Amy Dilley
Lori McLaughlin
Janell Dempsey
Tami Woolsey
Sunnyslope:
Instructional Coach-Donna Limón
Peggy Martin
Abby Dalbeck
Leslie Peterson
Lewis and Clark
Instructional Coach-Donna Limón
Anggie Jagla
Desiree Schmidt
Mission View
Instructional Coach-Alicen Gaytley
Tiffany Hepton
Ely Orozco
Marcy Wright
Mary Berdine
Patti Montalvo
Heidi O'Banion
Jennifer Christensen
Carol Hill
Brandy Martinez
Socorro Yanez
Sarah Brown
Laurie Bonniwell
Gaby Chavez
Lupe Martinez
Armando Avila
Mario Avila
Coni Morgan
Tammy Savage
Angie Alto
Lisa Douglass
3 whole teams have completed Phase 1: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades.
2) Together for Drug Free Youth: Renee Hunter was honored by receiving recognition
from The PAC end of year celebrate. She was chosen as the Community Person of the Year
for her work in our community by PAC parents. Superintendent Flones presented Ms.
Hunter with a beautiful engraved Recognition piece. Ms. Hunter received a standing
ovation.
3) The Arts Programs Appreciation Month: Ramon Rivera, Mariachi, and Maija
Henderson, Strings, were present to receive the board Proclamation for the their excellent
work in the arts for Wenatchee School District. The other art teachers were attending the
Visionscape yearly display of all student art projects. They were also recognized and
thanked by Supt. Flones and the Board.
BOARD PROCLAMATION:
WHEREAS, the arts, including dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, are
defined as a core subject in Washington state’s definition of basic education,
and considered an essential component of the complete and balanced education
for all students; and
WHEREAS, learning in and through the arts enables students to develop
critical thinking and problem solving skills, imagination and creativity,
discipline, alternative ways to communicate and express feelings and ideas,
and cross-cultural understanding, which supports academic success across
the curriculum as well as personal growth outside the classroom; and
WHEREAS, imagination and creativity are increasingly understood
as critical capacities needed for success in the 21st century workforce;
and
WHEREAS, the arts can transform our schools into havens of creativity and
exploration – places where students want to learn, teachers want to teach,
and all members of the learning community are more engaged and
motivated; and
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WHEREAS, high quality school-based arts education involves a wide range of
partners, including School Boards, district administrators, educators, parents,
artists and arts organizations, community members, and local businesses and
organizations, whose collective endeavors towards equitable provision of arts
learning for all students we celebrate and promote; and
WHEREAS, we applaud the efforts and dedication of arts educators and
advocates around the state, and we call for school and community leaders to
continue to broaden and strengthen their commitment to provide arts
education for “Every Student in Every School,”
NOW, THEREFORE, we, Wenatchee School District Board Of Directors do hereby
proclaim May 2015 as
Arts Education Month in this community, and call on all students, staff, families and
community to join us in this special observance.
V. ASB Reports:
WHS ASB Report: 2014-15 ASB President Luke Carlson thanked the board for allowing
him to report all year. He learned a lot about how governing boards work and appreciated
the opportunity. He introduced the new 2015-16 ASB officers: Christian Brandt Sims
President, Ethan Knutson-V.P., Secretary- Richardson Jackson and Treasurer, Madi
McLaughlin. 2014-15 ASB Officer Josie Meats thanked the board also and gave a brief run
down on the end of the year. He introduced Bryce Newberry and Analise Nelson. Bryce &
Analise shared the Lip-Dub video, produced by students at WHS. Everyone enjoyed the
students’ work and thanked them for their contributions. The board thanked the officers for
their service for the past year.
WSHS was not present, they gave their last report at the last board meeting.
VI. Field Trip Requests:
NONE
VII. Facilities Update:
1) Lydig Construction Inc. Change Order: Bryan Visscher, Director of Facilities
presented the Lydig Construction change order. Mr. Visscher thanked the board for supporting him
during his 14 years here at WSD. He also thanked them for the successful education that his children
received which set them up for success in college and other ventures. Mr. Visscher asked for
approval of the change order.
MOTION MADE: Jesús Hernández made the motion to approve the Lydig Construction Inc. change order for the Pioneer
Courtyard Alternate #1 project as presented by Bryan Visscher, Dir. of Facilities.
DISCUSSION: None
SECONDED: By Jennifer Talbot
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
VIII. Special Presentations
1) AVID Update: AVID Coordinator Danielle Schafer-Cloke presented the update to
the board and introduced the following students to tell their stories and share the college
scholarship/grants they received.
• Maria Martinez: $15,662 to the Central Washington University
• Elena Noyol: $29,512 to the University of Washington
• Monica Perez: $16,629 plus $4,000 additional coming in to Washington State
University
• Marisol Vargas: $13,475 Acceptance to EWU, UW, WSU, CWU
• Dora Alicia Dominguez: 90% of education paid for at Eastern Washington
University
Wenatchee School District 2014-2015
The mission of AVID:
AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing ALL students for college readiness and success in a global society.
-Students in the middle
-High poverty backgrounds
-First generation to attend college
-Underrepresented groups
Class of 2015 AVID
Kevin Sellers and Becki Molitor
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AVID Students Accepted to these fine institutions:
• Gonzaga University
• Western Washington University
• University of Washington (Seattle)
• University of Washington (bothel)
• Washington State University
• Central Washington University
• Seattle PacifIc University
• Eastern Washington University
• Saint Martin’s University
• Western Washington University
• Wenatchee Valley College
• Seattle University
• Marian University
• United States Marine Corps
AVID Students took AP & College Courses
• AP US History
• AP Human Geography
• AP English Literature
• Survey of American Literature
• Spanish Native Speakers 1& II
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Statistics
• AP Spanish
• AP Chemistry
• AP Computer Science
AVID Students AP & honors Stats
• 34 AP Courses
• 14 Honors courses
• 100% applied, 96% going to college
• enlistment in U.S. Marine Corps
The board thanked Ms. Shafer-Cloke for the presentation and the students for sharing. The board also thanked the
program teachers for holding the students to high rigor standards. Mr. Jesús Hernández gave words of wisdom to
the students drawing from his own experience, to not get discouraged and use the same determination they used in
high school in college and by doing that they will reach their dreams of higher education and it will help to change
their world and the world around them.
IX. Old Business
1) Curriculum Adoption 2nd Reading: Sarah Hanchey, Director of Curriculum,
presented the following to the board for final approval: Memo
Prepared
By:
Sarah Hanchey
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Re:
Learning and Teaching
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE ADOPTION RECOMMENDATIONS
The Instructional Materials Committee is recommending the Board approve the following
material for district adoption.
THIS IS THE SECOND READING
Approval is recommended.
Reading Wonders (Spanish program: Maravillas) for core instructional materials adoption;
Wonderworks for intervention materials adoption; Authors of these programs include:
Shanahan, Tim; Fisher, Douglas; Kilgo, Margaret; Hasbrouck, Jan; Gibson, Vicki;
Echevarria, Jan; Paris, Scott; August, Diane; Bear, Donald; Dole, Janice; Francis, David;
Tinajero, Josefina; Bumgardner, Kathy; McTighe, Jay; Walker-Dalhouse, Doris; Zike,
Dinah. Published by McGraw-Hill (2014). To be used in grades K-5 for English Language
Arts. The adoption of this comprehensive English Language Arts program will benefit our
students by providing them with quality literacy resources as they learn to read. This
program provides students with online access to lessons, learning activities, videos, etc.
Students will be exposed to consistent instruction provided through Reading Wonders,
Maravillas, and the connected intervention component, Wonderworks. This adoption will also
provide our staff with quality, research based resources to teach literacy standards, skills, and
strategies. The Reading Wonders program is directly aligned to the Common Core State
Standards for English Language Arts. The use of these new programs will replace various
outdated literacy programs previously used.
Read 180 for alternative core adoption. Published by Scholastic (2012). To be used in grades
6-8 for reading intervention. The district used Read 180 this year as a trial and as an
alternative to the core program (Springboard). Formal adoption of Read 180 will provide
students who are well below standard with an intensive curriculum and additional time to
develop the foundational reading and writing skills they need in order to catch up to their
peers.
Pearson Common Core Literature for core instructional materials adoption. Authored by Brozo,
William; Fettrow, Diane; Gallagher, Kelly; Hibert, Elfrieda; Leu, Donald; Wixson, Karen;
Morrell, Ernest; Wiggins, Grant. Published by Pearson (2015). To be used in grades 9-10
for English Language Arts. Using this as the core program will provide students with an
English curriculum designed to prepare them to be college and career ready upon
graduation. This curriculum provides a high level of rigor and differentiation, aligned to the
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, online student access to lessons,
videos, etc., and will enable teachers to address the needs of students at all levels and of every
demographic. The use of this program will replace various outdated literacy materials
previously used.
Engage NY published by Jossey-Bass (2013-14) for continued temporary core instructional
material use as an interim solution for K-5 Mathematics. The district has used Engage NY
Math this year and plans to continue using this program until the next formal elementary
math adoption. This program is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics.
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Discussion points: • Board is pleased that the digital versions are included with the curriculum
• Different quality of digital element
• Board is also pleased that the bi-lingual element is a part of materials and the
quality of Spanish materials is very impressive
• Literature in HS material discussed
• Timeline discussed: Next Step to get materials ordered once approved
• Materials here Day 1 when school starts/old materials no longer use
MOTION MADE: Jennifer Talbot made the motion to approve all the Curriculum Adoption materials as listed and
recommended by Curriculum Director Sarah Hanchey.
DISCUSSION: None
SECONDED: By Robert Sealby
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
X. New Business
1) Business Office and COASA Bargaining Contracts: HR Director Heather Crail
presented the following to the board for approval:
Brief discussion followed and Ms. Crail pointed out the changes for both contracts.
MOTION MADE: Robert Sealby made the motion to approve both contracts, COASA and Business Office, as presented by
Heather Crail, HR Director.
DISCUSSION: None
SECONDED: By Jesús Hernández
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
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2) Principals’ & Directors Contract Ratification: Lisa Turner, HR Executive
Director presented the following:
Brief discussion and Ms. Turner asked for approval.
MOTION MADE: Robert Sealby made the motion to approve the Principals’ and Directors’ Contract as presented by HR
Executive Director Lisa Turner.
DISCUSSION: None
SECONDED: By Jesús Hernández
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
3) Superintendent’s Contract: Supt. Brian Flones provided his contract to the board for
review and approval for the next year with no changes, except the date change. The board
thanked Supt. Flones and asked that we do research on state-wide average contracts for
Superintendents of similar sized district to see if we are in line with the current structure.
Supt. Flones has not taken an increase for several years and it may be time to check into
what the trend is so we keep ourselves in line what the rest of the state is doing and not short
change our district in that area. The board said they appreciate Supt. Flones’ efforts and
want to be sure he is compensated accordingly.
MOTION MADE: Jennifer Talbot made the motion to approve the Superintendent’s Contract as presented by Supt. Flones.
DISCUSSION: None
SECONDED: By Jesús Hernández
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
4) Procedure 2162P Update: Jon DeJong, Deputy Superintendent presented the
procedure as an information item for the board to be aware of our updating of this
procedure. By doing this it will come into alignment with the US Dept. of Education
guidelines which are in alignment with the Office of Civil Rights Act of 1973.
Mr. DeJong provided the following letter for Dr. Newman to sign to give notice to the US
Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights stating that the board did review the
updated procedure with languages changes.
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5) Resolution 14-15 Indexing of Public Records: Superintendent Flones presented
the following to the board for approval. All school districts and public offices have opted out
of the indexing portion of the public records policy due to the unnecessary burdensome of
time and effort spent in doing so. This added indexing task results in the increase of the
district’s employees’ time and need to increase staff to handle the workload. For this reason
public agencies have been given the opportunity to opt-out of the process.
Resolution of the Wenatchee School District Board of Directors
235 Sunset Avenue
Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-663-8161
FAX: 509-663-3082
RESOLUTION NO. 14-15
Maintenance of an Index
A RESOLUTION, of the Wenatchee School District, declaring that maintenance of an index identifying all public information records held by the
District would be unduly burdensome and providing that such index will not be maintained.
WHEREAS, RCW 42.56.070 requires every public agency to maintain and make available for public inspection and copying a current index identifying
information as to certain public records, except where maintaining such an index would be unduly burdensome or would interfere with agency operations;
and
WHEREAS, the District and its employees generate or obtain thousands of documents each year which would fit within the categories required to be
indexed by RCW 42.56.070, which the Board has determined would create an unreasonable and undue burden on the District to index and would
substantially interfere with the operations of the District because of the time necessary to index the multitude of records; and
WHEREAS, the District has not received a request for public inspection and copying of a current index of public records, District officials and
employees have full workloads, creating an index would significantly detract from the performance of essential educational job duties, and based upon
anticipated use and cost to the District, creation and maintenance of a current index of public records for the District is not justified.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Directors of
the Wenatchee School District as follows:
SECTION I
Pursuant to RCW 46.52.070, the Board of Directors of the Wenatchee School District hereby declares that the
indexing and maintaining an index of all public records obtained or generated by the District would be unduly burdensome and would interfere with the
operations of the District. A current index as described in RCW 42.56.070 will therefore not be maintained by the District.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board President is authorized to sign this Resolution along with the Board of
Directors.
MOTION MADE: Jennifer Talbot made the motion to approve the Indexing Opt-Out Resolution 14-15 as presented by Supt.
Flones.
DISCUSSION: None
SECONDED: By Jesús Hernández
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
XII. Communications
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Jennifer Talbot Board Communication - May 26, 2015 Updates:
“I attended the WSSDA Spring Regional Meeting on May 5 held in Quincy, Washington.
The Cinco de Mayo dinner was prepared and served by the Quincy High School CTE Culinary Arts
students.
Randy Dorn (State Superintendent of Public Instruction) provided an update from OSPI (Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction) which included information on the NCLB (no child left behind) Waiver
Bill as well as state issues surrounding McCleary and education revenue.
Cindy McMullen from the State Board of Education (SBE) talked about college and career readiness, the 24
credits for high school graduation, and a meaningful diploma. She talked about the SBEs strategic plan and
their work on student disparity; expanding 24 credits to include non-traditional credits such as CTE; and
classroom space issues due to Initiative 1351.
Ben Rarick, SBE staff, gave a legislative update on McCleary and the Biology requirement for graduation.
Alan Burke, WSSDA executive director, talked about assessment reform; education funding formulas; and state
and federal bill watch list.
Bob Hughes from the State Board of Education gave an excellent presentation on his research on poverty and
education titled Correcting for Poverty in School Performance. Due to our Board's interest on making an
impact on poverty in our community, I felt his presentation was very insightful.
Chris Nieuwenhuis, WSSDA Board President, asked for ideas of ways to better serve WSSDA members. You
can contact her by email or phone.
Tricia Lubach, WSSDA Training Specialist, reminded everyone about the 2015 annual WSSDA conference
in November in Bellevue and that proposals are due for break-out sessions on June 5th. I am in contact with a
board member from White River School and have talked with Brian about submitting a proposal to showcase
PBIS at this upcoming conference.”
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Robert Sealby pointed out that the Notre Dame’s Valedictorian this year graduated from
Wenatchee High School. Her name is Anna Kotthamp. There was an article in the Wenatchee
World about her accomplishments. He thought it was very impressive that she got her start at
WSD. We are very proud of her.
XIII. Superintendent’s Report
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The CORE 24 waiver was approved.
OSPI authorized increase for Castle Rock Pre-school $5 Mil
Graduation Updates from WHS for board participation
Discussion about accommodations that have been made for students to have a
great experience for seniors at graduation
5/29/15 Budget Workshop Agenda review and budget packet to board
XIV. Meeting Adjourned
Board President Walter Newman adjourned the meeting at 7:25 p.m.
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President
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Superintendent