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This page will provide a brief summary of board meeting minutes and financial claims.

Board Meeting Minutes

November Board Meeting - 2009

PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING
The Delwood Board of Education met for its regular meeting on Monday, November 9, 2009 in the cafeteria of the Delwood School, Delmar, Iowa.  President Rhonda Denger called the meeting to order at 6:50 PM.  Directors Denger, Holtz, Gerlach, Filloon and Tubbs answered roll call.  Also present were Superintendent Goodall and Board Secretary Goodenow.
Administrator’s Report:  Superintendent Goodall reviewed the Parent-Teacher Conferences held on the 27th and 29th of October.  Again we had almost 100% participation.  We have a couple of families to follow-up on.  The DARE graduation was held on October 21st.  Sherriff Rick Lincoln was the featured speaker and several students were acknowledged for their work.  Nick Kennicker, Tatum Gartman and Jaden Butler were chosen to read their essays about the importance of leading a drug –free life.  Nick’s essay was chosen to represent Delwood in the Clinton County essay contest.  Sheriff Lincoln has written a grant that will include safe schools training for school administrators this summer.  Our Veteran’s Day Program will be held on Tuesday the 11th of November.  The Brownies and Girl Scouts under the leadership of Becky House and Rose Schepers, will introduce and retire the flags.  Our 6th grade band students will play a piece of patriotic music and Hannah Ingles will perform TAPS on the trumpet.  Kent Brix is lined up to speak this year.  American Education Week will be the 15th – 20th of November.  Tatum Gartman, one of our sixth grade students, was chosen to record a public service announcement with KMAQ.  One of our teachers will be a part of the Leighton Show on November 17th.  Kelly Gerlach from the Maquoketa Sentinel Press will be taking some pictures and writing an article for the paper.
Rhonda, Sara and Sue will be attending the IASB Convention.
There was not any Board Reports or Requests.   
General Business of the Board:
5.1    Director Filloon moved and Director Gerlach seconded to approve the agenda, minutes from October 19, claims totaling $243,420.78 and a special education contract with the Dubuque community Schools.  5/0, motion approved.
5.2    Superintendent Goodall discussed recommendations from the recent District Advisory Committee meeting.  Suggestions were made to save on postage by emailing the newsletter to some patrons who requested it and to offer some community tech opportunities.
5.3    Mrs. Goodall also reported she will be applying to a Harkin Grant to meet the obligations requirement from the recent State fire inspection.  One of the requirements will be to install lockers in the hallways.
5.4    We will receive $8,437 from Title IIA, which we moved into Title V (Innovative Programs) which can be used for purchasing new technology for our classrooms.  After observing the 5th & 6th grade teachers using the Interactive SMART boards, the K-4th grade classrooms have an interest in getting the boards for their classrooms.  Sue will work with the teachers to put together a technology plan using the Title IIA grant money.
5.5    Director Filloon moved and Director Holtz seconded to approve the Timberline Billing Agreement for the 2009-2010 school year.  They will assist in the process any eligible Medicaid services for reimbursement.  5/0, motion approved.
There was not any correspondence items presented.
President Denger adjourned the meeting at 7:30 PM.
Submitted by Jane L Goodenow, Board Secretary
 
 
 
 
PROCEEDINGS OF JOINT BOARD MEETING

The Delwood Board of Education met for a joint board meeting with the Maquoketa Board of Education on Monday November 9, 2009 in the cafeteria of the Delwood School, Delmar, Iowa.  Delwood Board President Rhonda Denger called the meeting to order at 5:16 PM.  Maquoketa Directors Anne Hawks, Marty Hudrlik, Mark Pape, Bill Schwenker and Brian Tabor answered roll call to Board Secretary Barb McKeon. Delwood Directors Ron Filloon, Carmen Gerlach, Jody Holtz, Sara Tubbs and Rhonda Denger answered roll call to Board Secretary Jane Goodenow,  Also present were Superintendents Sue Goodall and Kim Huckstadt, Principals Christine Snell and Mark Vervaecke, Curriculum Director Helen Snell, and Jerry Nelson.

Director Filloon moved and Director Schnwenker seconded to approve the agenda.  10/0, motion approved.

Delwood President Denger welcomed the Maquoketa District and visitors.

Principal Christine Snell explained school improvement mapping such as Iowa Core Curriculum, OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program/Chat Time and Second Chance Reading being used at the Middle School.

High School Principal Mark Vervaecke shared how the high school is implementing Iowa Core and OLWEUS in his building.

Curriculum Director, Helen Snell explained the new district-wide CRISS training and implementation.  Students will be taught strategies to better enable them to learn content material.

Superintendent Huckstadt and Principal Vervaecke outlined the new Senior Year Plus Program.  Students will have potential to generate college credit while in high school. 

Superintendent Goodall presented information on the Teacher Quality dollars that will follow the middle school/high school students at Maquoketa.  She shared a handout that shows the TQ money that was allocated to Delwood this year, the money generated by our 7th-12th grade students and the results of the 10% State Aid reduction on the Teacher Quality funds.  The money will be paid monthly to Maquoketa as it is received tom the State.

A brief discussion of the LOSST dollars, with a little historical information was provided.  Most of the money disbursed has gone into the high school’s new construction projects, or construction projects for new technology.  It was suggested to reallocate dollars from one area to another because the cost was less in some areas than estimated and more in others.

President Denger adjourned the meeting at 6:40 PM.

Submitted by Jane L Goodenow, Board Secretary

 

Financial Claims - November 2009

        Delwood Community School District    Board Report - For Newspaper    Page:
    11/17/2009    03:01 PM    CLAIMS APPROVED NOVEMBER 9, 2009    User ID: JLG
    Vendor Name    Amount
    Checking Account:     1    Fund:    10    GENERAL FUND
    ALLIANT UTILITIES, INC     4.70
    ALLIED WASTE, LLC     108.33
    ASSURANT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS     229.15
    B & H PHOTO-VIDEO     519.12
    BANCARD VISA     96.28
    BOWMAN OIL CO     1,509.24
    CASEY'S GENERAL STORE, INC     79.23
    CENTRAL COMM SCHOOLS OF CL COU     5,546.00
    CITY OF DELMAR     286.75
    DEPARTMENT OF ED-NUTR AND TRANSP.     196.00
    DIFFERENT ROADS TO LEARNING, INC.     807.85
    F & B COMMUNICATIONS     15.08
    GALVIN FINE ARTS CENTER     209.00
    GASSER TRUE VALUE     12.87
    GENESIS VNA AND HOSPICE, INC     148.75
    GOODALL, SUE     102.84
    GRIGGS MUSIC, INC     71.25
    HANRAHAN STANDARD SERVICE, INC     500.00
    HERRIG, NATALEE     200.00
    IOWA ASSOC OF SCHOOL BOARDS     100.00
    IOWA SCHOOL AGE CARE ALLIANCE     45.00
    IXL     199.00
    LECTRONICS, INC     67.00
    MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS   
    MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS     187.80
    MARTIN BROS. DISTRIBUTING CO, INC.     296.47
    ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY, INC.     100.85
    OSTERT, DICK     16.00
    PENWORTHY COMPANY     54.20
    POSITIVE PROMOTIONS     67.95
    QUILL CORPORATION     324.46
    SCHOOL BUS SALES, INC.     50.73
    SEABURY & SMITH, INC. IOWA     6,630.86
    FIDUCIARY
    THERAPRO, INC     836.24
    U S POSTMASTER     63.46
    WAL MART 01-1509     82.36
PAYROLL LIABILITIES – 3RD QTR
SUBS & EXTRA PAY                      7,876.16
FEDERAL TAXES                         44,893.55
STATE TAXES                            8,341.00
IPERS                                 23,185.61
BOARD PAID TSA’S                       4,882.50
TEACHER QUALITY 08/09                  5,186.13
    Fund Total:     234,473.69
    Checking Account:     1    Fund:    22    MANAGEMENT LEVY FUND
    ENGEL AGENCY  INC     417.00
    Fund Total:     417.00
    Checking Account:     1    Fund:    23    PHYSICAL PLANT/EQUIPMENT LEVY
    GASSER TRUE VALUE     299.06
    Fund Total:     299.06
    Checking Account:     1    Fund:    72    FLEX-BENEFITS (CAFETERIA0 PLAN FUND
    DELWOOD COMM SD FLEX SPENDING     588.04
    Fund Total:     588.04
    Checking Account Total:     235,777.79
    Checking Account:     2    Fund:    61    SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND
    A & E DAIRY     685.06
    CASEY'S GENERAL STORE, INC     5.78
    DELWOOD GENERAL FUND     2,739.42
    FAREWAY STORES, INC.     4.17
    KECK, INC.     1,158.76
    MARTIN BROS. DISTRIBUTING CO, INC.     3,031.59
    Vendor Name    Amount
    WAL MART 01-1509     18.21
    Fund Total:     7,642.99
    Checking Account Total:     7,642.99
TOTAL CLAIMS APPROVED 11-09-09        243,420.78

SUMBIITTED BY JANE L GOODENOW, BOARD SECRETARY

Delwood Community School - 311 Delmar Ave., Delmar, IA 52037