OBLONG COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL
DISTRICT #4
The
regular meeting of the Board of Education of Oblong Community Unit School
District #4 was held on April 19, 2010 in the Elementary Library. The meeting was called to order at 7:00
p.m. by Vice President Sparks with the following physically present: Bailey, Pinkston, Sparks, Higgins,
Musgrave, Pusey.
Recognition
& Comments – Eighteen OES students were recognized through the
Character Counts Program for their outstanding character dealing with fairness.
Poehler
arrived at 7:02 p.m.
Motion
by Bailey and seconded by Musgrave to adopt consent agenda items as
presented. Roll call vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks –
yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler
– yea. Motion carried. Consent Agenda items: To approve regular and closed session minutes of March 15,
2010; financial report of March, 2010; payment of April 2010 board bills;
approve making applications for Title I, II, IV, V, Block Grant, Reading
Improvement, Pre-K Grant, and Birth-3 Grant.
Motion by Pusey
and seconded by Pinkston to approve departmental budgets for the 2010-2011
school year as presented. Roll call vote:
Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins
– yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler
– yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Sparks
and seconded by Bailey to approve summer tutoring program as presented. Roll
call vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks - yea, Higgins
– yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion
by Poehler and seconded by Higgins to approve renewal of the Student Accident
Insurance with Crawford County Insurance for the 2010-2011 school year. Roll call vote: Bailey – yea,
Pinkston – yea, Sparks - yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey
– yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Pusey and seconded by Higgins to approve camp requests as
presented: High School Volleyball Team Camp at SIU Carbondale July 7-9 and attend
varsity team camp at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, IL July
21-22 or 24-25; Jr. High Cheerleaders cheer camp at OES June 7-9; High School
Boys Basketball Team to attend camp at Southern Indiana June 14-16 and attend shootouts
as presented; High School Girls Basektball Team to participate in tournaments
June 11-12 at Robinson and June 23-24 at Charleston and also to host camp at
OHS July 12-15; Junior High Football team camp at OHS July 12-14; High School
Football camps at OHS June 1-4 and July 19-23. Roll call vote:
Bailey – yea, Pinkston
– yea, Sparks – yea,
Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler –
yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Pinkston and seconded by Bailey to approve class and club trip
requests as presented: Physicis
Class to St. Louis Science Center May 4th; FCCLA to Six Flags, St.
Louis, MO on May 28; and 8th Grade Class to Holiday World in Santa
Claus, IN on May 18. Roll call
vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea,
Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion
by Higgins and seconded by Musgrave to approve FBLA request for 2 students and
sponsor, Mrs. Tarr, to attend the National Leadership Conferernce in Nashville,
TN on July 14-18, 2010. Roll
call vote: Bailey – yea,
Pinkston – yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave –
yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Pusey and
seconded by Musgrave to go into closed session at 7:52 PM to consider
information regarding appointment, employment, or dismissal of an employee,
negotiations, and student discipline.
Roll call vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks –
yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave
– yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Pusey and seconded by Bailey to return to open session at 8:38 PM. Roll call vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Higgins and
seconded by Sparks to approve closed session minutes of 4/19/10. Roll call vote:
Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler –
yea. Motion carried.
Motion
by Pinkston and seconded by Musgrave to accept Ellizabeth JohnsonÕs resignation
as Choral and General Music Teacher at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Roll call vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea,
Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion
by Pusey and seconded by Higgins to accept Sherry BradburyÕs resignation as
full time bus driver at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Roll call vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston –
yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey –
yea, Poehler – yea. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Musgrave and seconded by Pinkston to accept David HastyÕs resignation as Junior
High Baseball Coach. Roll call
vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston
– yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea,
Pusey – yea, Poehler – yea.
Motion carried.
Motion
by Sparks and seconded by Bailey to re-hire Terry Manhart as full time school
bus driver for the 2010-2011 school year.
Roll call vote: Bailey
– yea, Pinkston – yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea,
Musgrave – yea, Pusey – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Pusey and
seconded by Higgins to adjourn at 8:41 P.M. Roll call
vote: Bailey – yea, Pinkston
– yea, Sparks – yea, Higgins – yea, Musgrave – yea, Pusey
– yea, Poehler – yea.
Motion carried.
APPROVED: _________________________
___________________________
President
Secretary