The regular meeting of the Tarkio R-I Board of Education was held Thursday, March 16, 2017, in the superintendent’s office at Tarkio High School. The meeting was called to order by President Steve Klute at 7:00 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance. Attending the meeting were board members Chris Yates, Corey Lesher, Jamie Barnett, Lydia Hurst, Rachel Graves, and board secretary Diane Hicks. Board member Bruce Lang was absent. Others in attendance were Tarkio High School Principal Carrie Livengood, Administrative Assistant HT Adams, Interim Superintendent Bruce Skoglund, Interim Superintendent Rob Dowis, Tarkio Elementary Principal Deborah Taylor, 2017-18 and 2018-19 Tarkio R-I Superintendent Karma Coleman, Deyton Thomson, Carrie Driskell, Blu Dow, Renee Hull, Barb Tubbs, Dallas Prather, Stephanie Parsons, Lori Staten, Lisa Clement, Shannon Bruns, Joe Unternahrer, and Maggie Hougland.
The board voted to approve minutes from the February 16, 2017, meeting, as well as the transfer of incidental funds to special revenue to pay certificated salaries. Rachel moved and Lydia seconded to approve the consent agenda with corrections to the vote count in Old Business “A” and “D”, “E”, and “F” in New Business. The vote for A was 5-0-1 and the vote for D, E, and F is 6-0. The board also voted to approve the district obligations.
Mr. Tim Morehouse, Allen-Schiffern American Legion Post #199 Com-mander, spoke at the meeting regarding students attending Atchison County Government Day.
Sixth grade teacher Terry Wooten introduced herself and spoke about D.A.R.E. Graduation, her 23 students, and having taught in the district for 21 years.
Sixth grade teacher Blu Dow talked about the upcoming field trip for the sixth graders. She has taught for 12 years. Carrie Driskell introduced herself. She is in her second year in the Success Center. She sees many students in the course of the day. Mr. Aaron Behrens reported that he has been in the district for four years. He teaches physical education and health and he also coaches boys’ and girls’ golf. He stated he has four boys playing golf this year. Ag teacher and FFA sponsor Dustin Lambertsen reported that he has been in the district four years. This spring semester, he is supervising Maggie Hougland, student teacher from NWMSU. Mr. Lamberstsen reported on the ongoing construction of the farm addition for the students.
Renee Hull presented the draft proposal for the 2017-18 school year. Rachel moved and Lydia seconded to allow the teachers to move 1 step down, the district to continue to pay 100% of the base health insurance plan, fund career ladder, and approve the principles of application. The motion carried 6-0.
There was an EA Wolves coop meeting update dis-cussing school buses.
Asphalt Removal project update was mentioned.
Dr. Taylor reported the elementary enrollment is at 192 students. The attendance for the month of February was at 96%. She also reported the parent- teacher conferences were well attended at 99%. Elementary math students Daniel Lesher, Rylie Sim-mons, Alex Barnett, Alex-is Bywater, and Lizzie Schlueter all qualified for regionals.
Mrs. Livengood reported the February high school attendance was 97.2%. She also reported that 31 students had perfect attendance for the 3rd quarter and 10 students have perfect attendance for the year.
Mr. Adams has met with Craig McAdams in regards to the city baseball field. Mr. McAdams has a proposal for work on the pitching mound, batters box, and field conditioning. Jamie moved and Corey seconded to approve the work to the city ball field with the City of Tarkio paying half of the cost. The motion carried 6-0.
Mr. Dowis gave in-formation for the upcoming renewal of the health in-surance. The insurance rates are remaining the same with no increase. Jamie moved and Lydia seconded to approve the insurance plans for the 2017-18 school year. The motion carried 6-0.
Chris moved and Jamie seconded to approve the calendar for the 2017-18 school year. The board voted to move the April board meeting to April 12th at 7:00 p.m.
The board voted to approve the overnight trips to State FFA Convention and the Washington FFA Leadership Conference.
Mr. Skoglund presented several board policies to update. He suggested to the board that they review the policies and bring any questions to him before the April meeting.
Lydia moved and Chris seconded to accept the resignation of Joel Jeffries.The motion carried 6-0.
Rachel moved and Lydia seconded to accept the resignation of Bryant Hummel. The motion carried 6-0.
Rachel moved and Chris seconded to accept the resignation of Robbie Bates. The motion carried 6-0.
Rachel moved and Lydia seconded to accept the resignation of Leticia Sotomayor. The motion carried 6-0.
Jamie moved and Corey seconded to accept the mowing quote from Grounds Control with a $75.00 increase. The motion carried 6-0.
Mr. Skoglund presented the budget for the 2016-17 school year. The meeting then moved into closed session to record and vote pursuant to RSMo 610.001-610.022 at 9:29 p.m.
Jamie moved and Chris seconded to hire the coaches as presented for the 2017-18 school year. The motion carried 6-0.
Lydia moved and Chris seconded to hire the elementary teachers as presented for the 2017-18 school year. The motion carried 6-0.
Jamie moved and Lydia seconded to hire the high school teachers as presented for the 2017-18 school year. The motion carried 6-0.
Jamie moved and Rachel seconded to hire Nate Jeter for the science position. The motion carried 6-0.
Jamie moved and Corey seconded to hire Kari Taylor for the open Special Education Director position. The motion carried 6-0.
The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m.