The regular meeting of the Tarkio R-I Board of Education was held at 7:00 p.m. January 16, 2019, in the board meeting room at Tarkio High School.
The meeting was called to order by President Jeff Meyer at 7:02 p.m. Board members present were Chris Yates, Steve Klute, Jamie Barnett, Sam Hannah, Garrett Wood, and Lydia Hurst, and Diane Hicks, board secretary. Others in attendance were: Tarkio R-I Superintendent Karma Coleman, Tarkio R-I Principal Carrie Livengood, Tarkio Elementary Principal/Special Ed-u-cation Director Kari Taylor, Jennifer Peregrine, Blu Dow, Dallas Prather, Brooke Walton, Dianna Parra, Markie Sundermann, Deyton Thomson and Rachel Meyer.
The board voted to approve the consent agenda, as well as the meeting minutes from December 19, 2018. The board also approved the district’s obligations.
A thank you was read from Ponya King. The CTA report was included in the packet.
Mrs. Kari Taylor reported the elementary attendance is 96% and the enrollment for K-6th grade is 203 students. The elementary continues to work on curriculum K-5 and tutoring after school. Rainy Nordhausen is the elementary spelling bee participant. Kari stated the Special Education Department is currently still receiving referrals.
Mrs. Carrie Livengood reported the January attendance is 95% for the high school. Mrs. Cooper took all sophomores to a college fair at the new Tarkio College. Many compliments were received. The 8th grade has been testing and the PLC team will be attending a conference at Tan-Tar-A.
Mrs. Coleman reported on the meeting regarding the Brickyard Hill wind farm meeting held with the public January 14, 2019.
Graduation is scheduled to be held in the Tarkio Gymnasium in May.
Rachel was asked to give an update on the activity center. She stated the memberships are increasing and the dance classes have resumed after the Christmas break.
Steve moved and Chris seconded to approve the first reading of the 2019-20 calendar. The motion carried 7-0.
A letter of resignation was received from Taylor Ancell, school nurse. Steve moved and Chris seconded to accept the letter of resignation. The motion carried 7-0.
The discussion on the lease agreement/insurance with the City of Tarkio was tabled for further information.
Chris moved and Lydia seconded to approve the Tarkio Activity Center waiver. The motion carried 7-0.
Jamie moved and Chris seconded to accept the gym floor refinish quote of $19,298. The motion carried 7-0.
Steve moved and Jamie seconded to approve the quote for the Microsoft licensing. The motion carried 7-0.
The meeting moved to closed session to record and vote pursuant to RSMo.610.021 at 8:14 p.m. The meeting moved out of closed session.
The board voted to pay Kevin Pruitt 18 hours of OT for a total of $540.
The board voted to extend Karma’s contract one more year.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 p.m.
