School Board Meeting - Thursday, May 10, 2007

The Mount Baker school board held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Harmony Elementary School.   The following is a summary of the meeting. 

The Board Approved –

§         Personnel Actions – Attachment “A”

§         Overnight Trips –

o       Girls Basketball – June 1 – 3 @ Olympia

o       Girls Basketball, NBC Camp – June 25 – 29 @ Spangle WA

o       Boys Basketball Team Camp – July 22 – 26 @ Gonzaga University

§         Appointment of Derek Forbes, Junior High Principal

§         Whatcom Discovery Interlocal Agreement with ESD 189

§         Information Systems Support Cooperative with ESD 189

§         Superintendent’s 2007 – 2010 Contract

§         2007 – 2010 Technology Plan

§         WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association) membership and representation

The Board Heard Information About and  Discussed –

·        Good of the Order – Attachment “B”

o        Teacher Appreciation Week

o        Tim Shepherd, Kendall Elementary Teacher –

§         Whatcom Humane Society Teacher of the Year

o        Mt Baker Scholarship Foundation

o        Tim Yeomans – Superintendent at Meridian

·        WSSDA (Washington State School Director’s Association) Academic Achievement Report

·        Policy – Certification and Approval of Payments

Board Members attended and/or took part in –

o       WSSDA Regional Meeting

o       Superintendent’s Advisory Council

o       WSSDA Trustlands Task Force

o       Mt Baker Scholarship Foundation Meeting

o       Diversity Conference

o       Legislative Issues

§         Simple Majority for School Levies

§         Changes to WASL graduation requirements

§         State budget increases for education

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

a.       Work sessions & Special Meetings –

                                                               i.      Thursday, May 24

                                                             ii.      Thursday, June 28

b.      Regular Meetings –

                                                               i.      Thursday, June 14

                                                             ii.      Thursday, July 12
 

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYMENT

RESIGNATIONS/RETIREMENT/TERMINATION

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

UNPAID LEAVE

SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Revised 5/10/07

Attachment “A”

Good of the Order

May 10, 2007

Tyler Yost was named District 1 Star Farmer (District 1 covers Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, North King Co).  He will compete for the State Star Farmer award to be presented at State FFA Convention on May 9-13.  Tyler is also a state finalist for his Swine Entrepreneurship Proficiency Award.

Brandon Larsen is a state finalist for the Fruit Production Proficiency Award.  

The Mt. Baker FFA placed first at the State FFA Forestry Career Development Event in Chewelah, WA on April 27, 2007. Team members competed with other high school students in practicums including tree identification, tool identification, disease and pest identification, chainsaw troubleshooting, map and legal land descriptions, team variable plot cruising, compass course, general knowledge test, and present a forestry issue. Brandon Larsen placed 4^th high individual.  Other team members included Stefan Nelson, Scott Johnson, Derek Franks, and Clayton Isenhart.  This was the first year for all team members participating in the event.  The team was coached by Todd Rightmire, Agriculture instructor and FFA Advisor at Mt. Baker High School and Dr. Ron Dinus, a long time volunteer with the Mt. Baker Agriculture program.  The students received a $1000 scholarship from the Stevens County Conservation District to travel and compete at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October.  There were 13 teams from 11 schools participating in the career development event.

Congratulations to the FFA Livestock Judging Team.  They placed 5^th out of 22 teams at their first contest at the Puyallup Spring Fair.  Jesse Copps tied for 7^th place out of 120 judges at the contest.  Other members included Brian Davis, Clayton Isenhart, and Derek Franks.   Members had to market grade live steers for carcass traits, present oral reasons to a panel of judges, and correctly place 6 classes of sheep, swine, and beef animals.

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