Regular School
School Board
Meeting Room
Members Present
Susan Hershey –Chair
Laurie Gaylord
Dr. David Anderson
Nancy Kline
Dr. Sara A. Wilcox, Superintendent
Tom Elfers, School Board Attorney
Members Absent
Katie Gillen, Student Representative (MCHS)
Staff Present
Kelly Andrews, Ginger Featherstone, Joan Hunt, Lorene
Francescani, Delores Calloway, Rae Hollenbeck, Joyce Holmes, John Klatt, Darla Miloszewski,
Rodger Osborne, Dr. Frank Raffone, Marshall Skinner, Bonnie Landry, Deborah
Crowder, Samantha Reed, Yvonne Potsko, Rose Taylor, Hank Salzler, Ruth
Pietruszewski,
Public
Terry
Elfers, Marilyn Mordes
Press PBPost
– Mike Bender Stuart News –
Kelly Tyko
MCEA – Jeanette Phillips AFSCME – No Representation
Call to Order by the Chairman and Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag of the
1. Adoption of the Agenda:*
A. Additions,
Deletions or Amendments to the Agenda
Dr. Sara
A. Wilcox requested to add the
B. Approval
of the Agenda
Sue Hershey made
a motion to approve the agenda as modified,
2. Approval of the Minutes:*
Dr. David Anderson made a motion to approve the 1/18/05 Regular School
Board Meeting minutes, the 1/04/05 Impact of Growth Issues Workshop minutes,
and the 1/18/05 Joint Meeting Between the Martin County School District, the
Board of Commissioners, and the City of Stuart minutes, Nancy Kline seconded, and
the motion carried unanimously.
3. Recognitions:* None
4. Presentations:*
A. Nutrition and Student Health
Dr. Frank Raffone, Executive
Director of Instructional Services, started the presentation stating that media
has given much attention to the issue of obesity in children and adults. He said the purpose of this presentation was
to give everyone an idea of what was being done in our schools to teach and
encourage good nutritional habits and to provide nutritional foods. School
provides only a portion of the meals that both adults and children consume
during the day. Eating habits have been
learned from home, even before a child enters school.
Rae Hollenbeck, Director of
Food Service and Nutrition, provided an overview of Food Services and various
programs. Food Services has taken steps
to provide healthy choices for students.
In 2002 Food Services hired a registered licensed dietician, who reviews
menus, does a nutritional analysis of food items, performs site visits, and
works one on one with students and parents who are in need of an individualized
dietary plan, such as diabetes, weight problem, etc. The 2002 Audit from the Department of
Education for nutritional quality commended the excellent variety of
nutritional foods available to students and the district’s practice of good
food safety habits. They
A. Nutrition and Student Health (Con’t)
praised our menus for
exceeding the federal recommendations for protein, calcium, iron, Vitamin A,
and Vitamin C. In 2003, Food Services
began promoting the consumption of fruits and vegetables, by having them
garnished and attractively displayed on serving lines. Cafeteria managers have been inserviced on
decorative display techniques, and they are reviewed to make sure their
presentation of fruits and vegetables is done correctly. The serving size of
salad dressing containers has been reduced to discourage over eating. Cafeterias
are required to offer a variety of nutritional foods daily. Healthy-style vending machines were purchased
for the high schools. They dispense salads, deli wraps, fruit cups, smoothies,
and healthy-style items. The machines have been a hit. Within the next six weeks, healthy-style
vending machines will be placed in the middle schools. Software has been
purchased to nutritionally analyze menus, with the purpose of arranging
district wide menus for optimal daily nutrition. In accordance with federal
regulations, foods defined with minimal nutritional value such as sodas,
chewing gums, and candies, are banned from being served by Food Services.
Dr. Frank Raffone stated that
the healthy-style pilot program at
Dr. Frank Raffone asked Lorene
Francescani, Principal of Warfield Elementary School, to give a flavor of how
they are promoting healthy awareness.
They started at Warfield with the staff at the beginning of the new year,
creating a group called the Warfield Walkers.
They hung a big map of the
Dr. Sara A. Wilcox stated that
programs are moving away from rewarding students with candy. With a recent survey, students where shown to
love receiving erasers, stickers, and similar items carried by Oriental Traders
as prizes in lieu of sugary rewards.
Ginger Featherstone, Principal
of Jensen Beach High School, represented all three high schools. They are educating students and faculty on
the latest nutrition research and its relationship to fitness and overall
wellness. They are teaching the ABC’s of nutrition, Aim for
Fitness, Build a Healthy Base, and Choose Sensibility. The adults will be role models for the
students. The MCHS Culinary Arts class provides lunch every Thursday for staff
and faculty, providing the nutritional value of the meal being served to create
awareness. School nurses and Social
Workers are providing a “Being Healthy” Awareness day providing education on
height, weight, body mass, and blood pressure.
Staff will be encouraged to use the new
Sue Hershey stated how impressive the presentation was
and commented, “We rarely hear about these good things that happen outside of
the books.”
5. Open to the Public:* No Representation
6. Removal of Items from the Consent
Agenda:* None
7. Approve Consent Agenda:*
Dr. David
Anderson made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda,
8. CONSENT AGENDA
A. 04/05
FY Attendance Zones:* None
B. Requests:*
1. Use of Facilities:* (COPY ATTACHED)
2. Field Trips / Use of Buses / Vehicles:*
(COPY
ATTACHED)
C. New
Agreements:* None
1. Approve
2005-06 Collaborative Agreement between Big Brothers Big Sisters of
2. Approve Internship Agreement between Nova
University Speech-Language Pathology Department and the School Board of
8. CONSENT AGENDA (Con’t)
D. Renewal
Agreements:* (Con’t)
3. Approve Continuation of Cooperative
Financial Agreement between School Board of
E. New
Grants:*
1. Approve
HP Technology for Teaching Grant for Warfield Elementary for $30,000 (COPY ATTACHED)
F. Renewal
Grants:* None
G. Disposal of Surplus Property:* (COPY ATTACHED)
H. Personnel
Items:*
1. Schedule
of Personnel Recommendations (COPY ATTACHED)
2. Leaves
Authorized by the Superintendent (COPY ATTACHED)
a. Professional Leave (COPY ATTACHED)
b. Professional Leave,
Travel, and Per Diem (COPY ATTACHED)
3. Approve Revised Job Descriptions-Deana Newson
a. Painter
(COPY ATTACHED)
b. Payroll Analyst (COPY ATTACHED)
c. Personnel Specialist (COPY ATTACHED)
d. Plant Operator (COPY ATTACHED)
e. Plumber (COPY ATTACHED)
f. Position Control Specialist (COPY ATTACHED)
g. Principal, Elementary School- (Ex. 8-H-3-g)
h. Principal, High School – (Ex. 8-H-3-h)
i. Principal, Middle
School- (Ex. 8-H-3-i)
j. Program
Specialist (COPY ATTACHED)
k. Programmer Analyst (COPY ATTACHED)
l. Programmer (COPY ATTACHED)
m. Records Management Liaison (COPY ATTACHED)
n. Registrar (COPY ATTACHED)
o. Risk and Employee Benefits Manager
(COPY ATTACHED)
p. Risk Management Specialist (COPY ATTACHED)
q. School Psychologist (COPY ATTACHED)
r. Secretarial
Assistant-Superintendent’s Office (COPY ATTACHED)
s. Secretary-Level V (COPY ATTACHED)
t. Security Guard (COPY ATTACHED)
4. Approve Temporary Accounting Personnel for Risk
Management-Insurance and FEMA Recovery (COPY ATTACHED)
9. Items Removed from the Agenda:* None
10. Construction:* None
11. Finance:*
A. Approve
Purchase Orders / Contracts (COPY ATTACHED)
B. Approve
Pension Trust Fund Budget Amendment 05-8703 (COPY ATTACHED)
C. Approve Capital Fund Budget Amendment
05-306 (COPY ATTACHED)
D. Approve
General Fund Budget Amendment 05-106 (COPY ATTACHED)
E. Approve Food Service Fund Budget
Amendment 05-4105 (COPY ATTACHED)
F. Approve Special Revenue
Fund Budget Amendment 05-4206 (COPY ATTACHED)
12. Bid
Recommendations:*
Dr.David Anderson made a motion to approve Item 12,
A. Approval to Renew Piggyback Bid
1.
2.
13. Approve 2003-2004 SAC School Improvement
Final Report for:
Laurie Gaylord moved approval of
Item 13, Dr. David Anderson seconded, and the motion carried unanimously.
14. Approve 2004-2005 SAC School Improvement
Plan and Membership for:
Laurie
Gaylord made a motion to approve Item 14,
15. Approve 2004-2005 SAC School Improvement
Plan and Membership for:
16. Open to the Board:*
·
Laurie
Gaylord
Reminded board members
that LEADERship Martin County Education Day would be on
·
Lorie
Shekailo
Congratulated all the spellers
at the Lillian Dassori Spelling Bee. An
8 year old boy from PCE won. Lorie commented this was quite an
accomplishment. She wished all luck in
the Regional Spelling Bee.
·
Dr.
Sara A. Wilcox
Loved the photo in the
newspaper. She mentioned that he was on
the Today Show for his mathematical abilities.
·
Lorie
Shekailo
Said the State
Instructional Materials Committee is looking for volunteers to participate in
science textbook adoption. She attended the Florida High School Athletic
Association Board meeting. She learned
there is legislation pending on random drug testing for football and
basketball, and it may be an unfunded mandate.
The sports calendar has been changed; moving most of the sports back a
week. She was accepted in Florida
Leadership for local governmental elected officials, and she looks forward to
participating. She attended the DARE graduations and loves them for teaching
children how to make good choices.
·
Nancy
Kline
Was incredibly impressed
with the School Improvement Plans. She
stated that these plans are implicit commitments to the community asserting our
goals and outcomes. She explained that
without a good plan a good product will not be the end result. She felt we had achieved good strategic
planning. She is a member of the Arts
Council through the School Board. The
Arts Council really looks out for the advocacy of the arts in our schools and
addresses the legislative issues. She
attended the Teacher of the Year Celebration and was impressed with what our
teachers are doing.
·
Dr.
David Anderson
Attended the DARE
graduation and was impressed with the presence of all the deputies and the
whole program. He attended Ft Lauderdale’s All Honors Course for Music. His ten
year old granddaughter had auditioned and made it.
16. Open to the Board:* (Con’t)
·
Sue
Hershey
Brought
data back on No Child Left Behind, Title I, and IDEA from
·
Dr.Sara
Wilcox
Felt the Teacher of the
Year video this year was very nice. She
thanked the Palm Beach Post for stepping forward and sponsoring that. PCE won the track meet this year. She expressed that the Jensen Beach High gym
was beautiful. SFHS school girl’s team won regional soccer.
There being no further business to bring before
the Board, the meeting was adjourned at
_______________________________
CHAIR (Sue
Hershey)
_______________________________
SECRETARY
(Sara A. Wilcox, Ph.D.)