Swan Valley
School Division

Executive Summary of the
February 25, 2019
Special Board Meeting

Submitted by:
Tim Mendel
Superintendent/CEO


1. The Board discussed plans to engage local citizens in the K-12 Education Review being conducted by the Department of Education.

2. The Superintendent shared a Draft Media Relations and Media Release Admin Procedure. The procedure will be circulated to all staff for feedback.

3. The Board was informed that the Superintendent and the SVRSS Principal attended the U of M Teacher Recruitment event in Winnipeg. It was surprising how many candidates did not know where Swan Valley School Division is located.

4. The Board decided to not move the Grade 6’s from Heyes to ESRSS for next year. May look at doing this in the future.

5. The Board will be writing the Minister of Education requesting permission to close Birch River School. Please see announcement.

6. The Board finalized its budget deliberations and will present the 2019-2020 School Division Budget to the Public on March 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the SVRSS Cafeteria. Please attend.
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Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held in the Division Office Board Room on February 25, 2019 commencing at 7:00 p.m. (unapproved)

The following were present:
Chair: L. Evans
Vice-Chair: G. Wowchuk
Trustees: D. Burghart
K. Highmoor
K. Riehl
V. Rooks
W. Schaffer
Superintendent: T. Mendel
Secretary-Treasurer: B. Rausch

Additions to Agenda
By Board consensus the following addition to the Agenda was approved:
19.1.3 Employees’ Pension Plan

Resolutions:
R1 K. Riehl, V. Rooks:
THAT the Minutes of the regular meeting of February 11, 2019 and the special meeting of February 21, 2019, be adopted.
CARRIED

R2 G. Wowchuk, V. Rooks:
THAT the Staffing Report of the Superintendent/CEO, 8.2, as presented, be ratified.
CARRIED

R3 D. Burghart, W. Schaffer:
THAT as per the Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, 9.4, general cheques numbering 54384 to 54499, B 708 to B 725 and transfers (bank fees) and EFT’s, which includes general and payroll in the amount of $1,752,993.11, for the month of January, be approved for payment.
CARRIED

R4 G. Wowchuk, K. Riehl:
THAT as per Transportation Report, 11.1, the recommendation to purchase two school buses as outlined, be approved.
CARRIED

R5 W. Schaffer, V. Rooks:
THAT the Board move to In-Camera.
CARRIED

R6 K. Highmoor, V. Rooks:
THAT the Board move out of In-Camera.
CARRIED

R7 K. Highmoor, G. Wowchuk:
THAT we do now adjourn at 10:55 p.m.
CARRIED