School Board Meeting - Thursday, April 5, 2007

The Mount Baker school board held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, April 5 @ Kendall Elementary School.

The following is a summary of the meeting. 

The Board Approved –

§         Personnel Actions – Attachment “A”

§         Overnight Trips –

§         Track State @ Mt Tahoma – May 23 – 26

§         Fastpitch State @ Wenatchee – May 24 – 26

§         Baseball State @ Wenatchee – May 24 – 26

§         Mountaineer & Jazz Bands @ Victoria, B.C. Music Festival and Parade – May 19 – 21

§         Sale of surplus property

The Board Heard Information About and  Discussed –

·        Good of the Order – Attachment “B”

Board Members attended and/or took part in –

o       Proposed book study; “Delivering on the Promise”

o       Kendall Staff meeting

o       Attending Diversity Workshop end of April – will report at May meeting

Meeting(s) Schedule – All meetings begin at 7 pm in the District Office unless otherwise noted

a.       Work sessions & Special Meetings –

                                                               i.      Thursday, April 26

                                                             ii.      Thursday, May 24

b.      Regular Meetings –

                                                               i.      Thursday, May 10  @ Harmony Elementary School

                                                             ii.      Thursday, June 14 @ District Office

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYMENT

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYMENT

RESIGNATIONS/RETIREMENT/TERMINATION

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

UNPAID LEAVE

SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Revised 4/2/07

Attachment “A”

Good of the Order

April 5, 2007

All Mt Baker school buildings have again won Ecology's Sustainable School Award!

Mt Baker’s first award was given in 1995 and the district has continued to win every year the awards have been offered. This is due to an outstanding effort by the district to educate students and staff on the importance of sustainability principles. 

In a memo from Olympia:

“Congratulations!! Your four schools have each been selected as winners of the $375.00 Terry Husseman Sustainable School Award. That’s a total of $1,500.00.  We are preparing your award checks now, and we look forward to handing them to you at the ceremony in the state Capitol Rotunda, May 10, 2007. The festivities will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m.”

Also, in a note from Becky Phillips, Recycling Coordinator:

Washington State Recycling Association just named Mount Baker School District as a ROY award winner.  That means Recycler of the Year!  We’ll be honored at this year’s Conference.  We have an excellent program!  You might even call it “award winning.”  Thank you to all for your continued support of the district's program and congratulations on another winning year!

Showing that the Mt Baker School District’s recycling program is a prime example of excellent sustainability practices, the following excerpt was taken from the application packet for the 2007 Governor’s Award for Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Practices, as a sample for other schools and businesses on how to apply.  Other examples were used from such esteemed applicants as the University of Washington Medical Center, Dentistry Northwest and Frito Lay.

Showing comprehensive efforts

Show you have looked at every aspect of your operations in pursuing sustainable practices. As one judge put it, show you are striving to “squeeze the last drop of environmental benefit” from your operations.

Comprehensive effort examples from past winners

Mount Baker School District (2003):

Congratulations to the Mt. Baker FFA Forestry Team for their first place finish at the Forestry Career Development Event held at Silver Lake this past Saturday.  1^st place high individual was Brandon Larsen, 3^rd high individual was Clayton Isenhart, 6^th place high individual was Scott Johnson, 8^th place high individual was Derek Franks, and Stefan Nelson was in the top 20.   Forty students and 7 teams competed in the contest. 

The first Mt. Baker FFA Floral Team placed 7^th at the State FFA Floral Career Development Event on March 30.  The team consisted of all freshmen and was coached by Ms. Tamara Whitcomb.

Your Town, State – The Mount Baker FFA Chapter from Mount Baker High school will be showcased the weekend of April 14 – 16, 2007, on “This Week in Agri-Business”, a weekly, one-hour television agri-news program hosted by two of the country’s most well-known farm broadcasters, Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson.

The Mount Baker FFA Chapter Tribute will include information about the chapter’s history, activities and community service.  It also includes several photos of the students and their participation in chapter activities.

Viewers can see the Mount Baker FFA Chapter Tribute during “This Week in Agri-Business” which is aired on RFD – TV, a 24-hour television network for rural America.  RFD – TV is carried on Dish Network channel 9409 and on DirecTV channel 379, as well as a number of other cable systems.  Broadcast times are 5 am and 3 pm on Saturdays; 5 pm on Sundays; and 6 am on Mondays (Pacific Time).

A Mount Baker School District alumnus of the class of 1982, David Wain Coon, is being honored at Central Washington University (CWU) in Ellensburg on Tuesday May 1.   The David Wain Coon Center for Excellence in Leadership is being unveiled at the celebration.   Mr. Coon is the President of Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, Ca.

Attachment “B”

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