School Board Meeting - Thursday, June 14, 2007

The Mount Baker school board held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, June 14 at the District Office. The following is a summary of the meeting. 

The Board Approved –

§         Personnel Actions – Attachment “A”

§         Jim Frey as Assistant Superintendent

§         ASB Card Fees Increase

§         Management of Rural Forest Land

§         2007/2008 Contract with NWRDC & WSIPC

§         Signatories for Checking Accounts – Resolution #06/07:37

§         Change to Mount Baker Administrators’ Collective Bargaining Agreement

§         Overnight Trips – FBLA National Leadership Conference, June 26 – July 1 @ Chicago, IL

The Board Heard Information About and Discussed –

§         Good of the Order – Attachment “B”

§         2007 Graduates

§         Mt Baker Scholarship Foundation

§         Kendall Elementary Fruits & Vegetables Grant

§         Parent Letters – Good work of Acme School Staff

§         Ms Dodson, Ms Hart & Mr. Smith run again for School Board positions

§         Brenda Terpstra, Athletic Director – Junior High School League Chairperson

§         Recycling Program

§         Kendall Elementary Climate & Management

§         Kendall Elementary Program Design

§         Possible All Day Kindergarten @ Kendall Elementary

Board Members attended and/or took part in –

§         2007 HS Graduation

§         Senior Honors Night

§         8^th Grade Reception

§         MBEA Teacher Appreciation Dinner

§         Kendall Elementary Classrooms

§         Harmony Students Jazz/poetry Reading @ Coffee Shop

§         WSSDA (Washington State School Director’s Association) Academic Achievement Task Force

§         WSSDA Trustlands Task Force

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

a.       Work sessions & Special Meetings –

                                                               i.      Thursday, June 28

                                                             ii.      Thursday, July 26

b.       Regular Meetings –

                                                               i.      Thursday, July 12

                                                             ii.      Thursday, August 9

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYMENT

RESIGNATIONS/RETIREMENT/TERMINATION

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

UNPAID LEAVE

SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Attachment “A”

Good of the Order

June 14, 2007

Congratulations to all 2007 graduating Seniors – and thank you to all staff, families and friends for their support of our students!

Congratulations to the Mt. Baker FFA for their incredible success at the Puget Sound Junior Livestock Show and Sale at the Skagit County Fairgrounds last weekend.  There was a Grand Champion Market Hog, (won the whole thing), Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog, other class champions and reserve class champions.  In fitting and showing one Mount Baker student was reserve Senior champion while another was Senior Grand Champion.  In novice fitting and showing, a Mount Baker student was champion and another was reserve.  Nineteen students made over $12,500 on their market hog projects at the auction on Saturday. 

This week has been a very exciting week for our district's recycling and sustainability program. Tuesday evening at the Washington State Recycling Association Conference our district was chosen  "Recycler of the Year" for K-12 education. I hope you get a chance to see the award.  It is made from recycled blue glass and it is very beautiful!

Yesterday, students, staff, and parents from our schools endured a long bus ride to Olympia where each school was honored as a winner of Ecology's Terry Husseman Sustainable Schools Award. Yesterday's awards complete 13 years of honors from the Department of Ecology. I never get tired of going to these awards and come back enthused from the energy and ideas being presented by ALL the schools.

Thank YOU for ALL you do as individuals and as a team to make our program one of the most outstanding in the State. Your cooperation and enthusiasm is the foundation of our program and is what carries through to our students and community members.

Congratulations on being part of the district's Sustainability Team!

Mount Baker High School is the recipient of a free personal computer.  In recent months, Frito-Lay sales representative, Bret Pugmire worked with the local Wal-Mart in a Computer for Kids promotion.  The high school will receive a Compaq Presario PC with a 17” HP flat screen monitor.

Attachment “B”

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