President Fox announced that the following Board members have been elected to serve as officers for the 2010-2011 year:
Susan Fox, President
Jessica Ace, Vice-President
Susan Manning, Treasurer
Lionel Norton, Clerk
(Note: Fox was elected with 4 votes and Peter Sobol got 3 votes for President. Manning was elected with 4 votes and Jason McCutchin got 3 votes for Treasurer. Norton was elected with 4 votes and Peter Sobol got 3 votes for Clerk. Ace ran unopposed.)
The Board voted to reestablish the following standing committees: Business Services, Policy and Curriculum. Also, there will be further discussion regarding forming additional subcommittees in areas such as continuous school improvement and long term budget planning.
Mr. Gerlach recognized Ed O’Connor, Director of Continuous Improvement and Assessment. Ed has announced his resignation from the district effective at the end of June, 2010.
The Board discussed policy for creating standing committees.
MOTION: Peter Sobol moved to amend the main motion to include the words “with board approval “ in the first paragraph on Board Policy 185. Jason McCutchin seconded. There was discussion on the amendment. President Fox noted that since this is in the 100 series of board policy, it would require five votes to pass. The motion failed.
MOTION: Lionel Norton moved to add/substitute the words “shall appoint Board members and in cooperation” to the proposed revised Board Policy 185, dated April 28, 2010. Susan Manning seconded. The motion carried. This sentence now reads: “The Board President shall appoint Board members and in cooperation with the chair of each committee shall appoint members to the standing committees.”
MOTION: Lionel Norton moved, and Peter Sobol seconded, a motion to add the words “in cooperation with,” following the word “annually.” The motion carried. This sentence (A2) now reads: “The Board President annually, in cooperation with Committee chairs, shall appoint citizen members of standing committees.” Motion carried.
President Fox asked Board members to contact her in regard to which committee they would like to serve on. There will be three Board members and two citizens on each committee.
The Board discussed increasing the walk zone for elementary students. It is the recommendation of both Mary Ellen Van Valin, Director of Business Services, and John Vandermerwe, Director of Transportation, that we do not extend the walk zone at this time.
MOTION: Jessica Ace moved that we remove extension of the walk zone as a budgetary reduction item for 2010-2011. Jason McCutchin seconded. Motion carried.
The Board conducted a variety of other board business, which can be found in the minutes on the district website.
Herald-Independent Article:
2 comments:
Was there any discussion by the board regarding the resignation of Ed O'Connor? Did anyone ask why? Does anyone else see that the rats are abandoning the sinking ship? Now I hear that our business services director has quit too! What is going on? If this is true that would be the loss of four administrators in less than six months! Who's next the superintendent?
It is true that Mary Ellen Van Valin, Business Services Director has resigned. Please see the post dated May 25, 2010 for more information.
This is a huge loss for our district -- along with the losses of Ed O'Connor and John Faust. Who is the fourth administrator you are referring to?
Also, if you are implying that these departures are the fault of the superintendent, Craig Gerlach, we respectfully disagree.
Ms. Van Valin told the Herald-Independent that the reasons for her departure include divisiveness between Monona and Cottage Grove, political influences on school decisions, lack of respect for administrative recommendations and micro-managing by the school board. No where did she mention the superintendent as a factor.
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