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SRVS Advisory Board meetings are usually held the 2nd Monday of the month Sept-May, but changes in date are noted in the prior month's minutes. Meetings are held at the school library at 4:00 p.m. and public is always encouraged to attend. Advisory Board Members for 2007 are:Janet Herold, Alex Foster and Jack Corson. Pat Sheehan and Jim Espy are the LSRVS School Board Reps and they attend the Advisory Board meeting as well. For more information call the school 383-2185. Advisory Board Minutes (click here)
COLLGE GRADUATION
Chadron State College announces that
Sara C Schneider
has completed the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Education Majoring in
Physical Education and Health field K-12
Sara graduated on May 3rd, 2008
Sara recieve a special award as outstanding student in her field of study.
Sara competed 4 years at Chadron State College on the Varsity Track Team running the 4x4 relay, the 400 meter run and the 800 meter run.
CONGRATULATION TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF 2008
GRADUATION FRIDAY, MAY 23RD
LOGAN ADAMS - son of Pat and Susan Adams
TY CRAWFORD - son of Darwin and Kolyn Crawford
CHANCE CRISWELL - son of H. D. and Jenny Criswell
IRVING GUZMAN - son of Maria Teresa Alverez
AMY FOSTER - daughter of Mark and Roxine Foster
JAMES OSBORNE - son of Walter Osborne and Holly Pridgen
RYAN MIKESELL - son of Wayne and Julie Mikesell
KEVIN WILLIAMS - son of Tom and Rose Williams
SAMANTHA QUENZER -daughter of Steve and Gwen Quenzer
EIGHT GRADE PROMOTION - THURSDAY MAY 29TH FOR THE FOLLOWING CLASS OF 2012:
Dillon Anderson
Josh Chase
Courtney Clark
Caelee Criswell
Natalie Duncan
Miles Englehart
Becka Evans
Zavier Gilroy-Peed
Ivan Giron
Frank Heap
Lauren Kudera
Shelby McKee
Riley Adams
Rex Stanley
Michael Sutherland
Daniel Wille
Jared Wille
Morgan Wille
Callie Wilson
Little Snake River Valley School Advisory Board MinutesMay 5, 2008 DRAFT until Board approved
Present @ LSRVS: Janet Herold, Alex Foster, Principal Rick Newton
Present from Rawlins: Superintendent Neil Terhune
Minutes Secretary: Kolleen Forsyth
Guests: Susan Leonhardt, Floydene Orchard
The meeting was called to order at 4:05 p.m. Additions to the agenda include the Academic Participation in Competitive Events- Policy KAB, and Middle School Enrichment classes. Alex motioned to approve the agenda as revised. Janet seconded. Alex motioned to approve the Minutes from the February 4, 2008 meeting. Janet seconded. All Aye. Motions carried.
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT: Mr. Newton shared information from his written Principal's report:
LSRVS has had two track meets scheduled with the last one being cancelled due to weather. Thanks were expressed to the Rawlins' staff who assist our meets with electronic timing and to community members who assist us as well.
The FFA banquet on April 30th hosted 200 people and recognized community members and award winners
The FFA Environmental and Resources team placed 1st at State and is going to National competition. This is an outstanding accomplishment for Little Snake River and has not happened in over 20 years.
The JR/SR banquet will be held May 7th.
Staff attended Dibels training by Diane Hudson.
Summer schedule includes: replacing areas of carpet, refurbishing the gym floor, message sign installation, building storage for the band room, electrical upgrading, and library refurbishing to make it handicap accessible. Not all has been approved as of this meeting.
Sandy Owen has been hired to do lawns and grounds keeping.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:
Jim Espy and Supt. Terhune attended the Joint Powers Board meeting in Baggs where all were in favor of putting the proposed Community Rec Center at the track. The long range plan is to eventually build a new school next to the Rec Center. A Memorandum of Understanding is planned down the road to set up autonomy for use which will keep the use for the Community Center separate from the school. It is projected that December 2008 will be a finalized date and groundbreaking will occur in March 2009. Parking availability, infrastructure, and replacement of the school in 15+ years played a large role in the decision to put the Rec Center at the track rather than the field across from the school.
Email transmission has been experiencing difficulty from Rawlins to Baggs. PCC is aware of it and it will be fixed this summer.
Six man football will be presented to the Board on Thursday, with a determination to be made in August.
Contracts for teachers with tenure are in the mail, with non-tenured being issued this week
OLD BUSINESS:
The four day school week was approved by the CCSD Board at the April 24th board meeting. It was unanimous.
Representatives from the LSRV will attend the CCSD Board meeting this week to support the 6 man football program.
Staff positions: The Music position has been offered and declined. A Spanish interviewee was given a choice and took Rawlins MS over LSRVS. Rick will go look over all the applications again in Rawlins. The new 2nd grade teacher will be here for a visit soon. There are two bus driving jobs open, one being the Transportation Supervisor for LSRVS. Janet suggested we combine the Head Maintenance, Transportation Supervisor and grounds keeper, as it used to be.
NEW BUSINESS / OPEN DISCUSSION:
As written in the Unit School Agreement, the LSRVS Advisory Board is to have one of its members take minutes during the meeting. Mr. Terhune will check with Bairoil to see how they do their Advisory Board minutes before a decision is made on how/who will provide secretarial services during an Advisory Board meeting at LSRVS.
Discussion occurred regarding the new Academic Accreditation for Competitive Events policy. Events that qualify are eligible for financial assistance up to $500 per student. This assistance can be granted in grades 6-12 for academic events related to a curriculum class at school. This is not for groups that fund-raise, but for kids who have no other resource in funds. The FFA group going to Nationals does not qualify for district assistance through this policy. About $5500 needs to be raised for the FFA students, plus $1600 for their advisor, to travel to Nationals. At the teacher housing in Baggs, the Vo-Ag/FFA students have worked at fencing and land leveling using borrowed community equipment. This is part of the needed work which was put out for public bid and came in at $140,000. Hence, the District has not moved forward to complete any of the needed work with hired labor. Mr. Newton will ask if the district can grant some funds to repay the students' efforts. That will help them with their FFA trip to Nationals. A lot of community-donated time and materials have been given to help with starting to grade, fence and prepare for landscaping on the teacher housing. Value of the work done by the students and Mr. Wille to this point is $4000.
Middle School Enrichment classes: Two Enrichment classes are held the last hour of the day - the same period as band. Janet asked about Enrichment, if it receives a grade and how it balances against band, a graded class. Enrichment includes a lot of activities, recycling, and time for help with studies and students do receive a grade. This issue has been raised among students and some parents because those students in enrichment have opportunity to do their homework and those students in band have to take homework home. Students receiving band lessons are leaving other classes to go to the lesson for 15 minutes. Mr. Newton will look into it and ask for suggestions.
The Advisory Board members, with Mr. Newton and Mr. Terhune, entered into executive session at 4:50 to discuss personnel matters. The next Advisory Board meeting for the 2008-09 school year will be held on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 4:00 in the school library.
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Alex moved, at 5:35 p.m., to leave executive session, seconded by Janet. Motion carried with all voting aye. Janet noted that no action was taken in executive session. Alex moved to approve the minutes of the executive session, as presented and discussed, seconded by Janet. Motion carried with all voting aye.
Janet moved to have Principal Rick Newton address the cleanliness of the Little Snake River Schools facility with the appropriate staff, as an outcome of concerns voiced by community members, seconded by Alex. Motion carried with all voting aye. Alex moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Janet. Motion carried with all voting aye. Meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.