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Swan Valley School Division <\/p>\nSwan Valley School Division <\/p>\n
Executive Summary of the
\nSeptember 12, 2016
\nRegular Board Meeting<\/p>\n
Submitted by:
\nTim Mendel, Superintendent\/CEO
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\n1.\tThe Board held its Reorganizational Meeting on September 12, 2016. The Board elected \tKelli Riehl as its new Chair and Laurie Evans as the Vice-Chair. Congrats to both on \ttheir new leadership roles on the Board. The Board also thanked Bill Schaffer for the positive and thoughtful leadership he \tprovided the Board over the last two years.<\/p>\n
2.\tThe Board approved additional staffing for \u00c9cole Swan River South School. This is to \taddress high enrollment in the JK and K Classes. <\/p>\n
3.\tTrustee Stephen reported that a meeting with the Town Officials was held on \tSeptember 12 at Noon in regards to the parking situation at the Regional School. The \toption \tto build a parking lot for the Regional School on town property was discussed. A \tnumber of issues arose: traffic flow, location of the parking lot, future development of \tthe land, etc. Given the concerns on both sides, the Board will now pursue parking \toptions within its own foot print. <\/p>\n
4.\tThe Student Services Coordinator presented an informational session about Restitution \tto the Board. The presentation gave a number of examples of what schools have \tdone to implement the program, allowed the Board to participate in a number of \tactivities and provided a number of resources used as references for the program.
\n\tGreat presentation! <\/p>\n
5.\tThe Maintenance Supervisor presented a report highlighting a number of projects that \twere completed over the summer. He also updated the Board on the progress of the \tcurrent project at \u00c9cole. A huge thank you to the Custodial and Maintenance Staff for \tgoing the extra mile at Ecole to make sure classrooms were ready for the start of the \tschool \tyear. <\/p>\n
6.\tThe enrollment for the Division, as of September 9, was shared with the Board. At this \ttime enrollment is at 1,477 students. Enrollment last September was 1,481. A \treminder that these numbers are preliminary and include JK and K as full time \tstudents. Provincially JK is not recognized in enrollment data and K are considered .5 of \ta student, because the province only funds K at half time. <\/p>\n
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Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held in the Division Office Board Room on September 12, 2016 commencing at 8:00 p.m. (unapproved) <\/p>\n
The following were present:<\/p>\n
Chair:\t\tK. Riehl
\nVice-Chair:\tL. Evans<\/p>\n
Trustees:\tD. Burghart, S. Haluschak, K. Highmoor, V. Rooks, W. Schaffer, B. Stephen, G. Wowchuk\t<\/p>\n
Superintendent:\t\t\t\tT. Mendel
\nSecretary-Treasurer:\t\t\tB. Rausch
\nStudent Services Coordinator:\t\tD. Burnside
\nMaintenance Supervisor:\t\t\tC. Staniland\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Absent: D. Coulthart<\/p>\n
Resolutions:<\/p>\n
R1\tD. Burghart, B. Stephen:
\n\tTHAT the Agenda be amended to include: Addition to Staff Report re ESRSS. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R2 \tK. Highmoor, G. Wowchuk:
\n\tTHAT the Minutes of the regular meeting of August 22, 2016, be adopted. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R3\tS. Haluschak, W. Schaffer:
\n\tTHAT the Superintendent\u2019s Staffing Report, be approved, as presented. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R4\tK. Highmoor, G. Wowchuk:
\n\tTHAT the Report of the Secretary-Treasurer on Capital Disbursements, be received and \tauthorization for payment, be approved. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R5\tL. Evans, S. Haluschak:
\n\tTHAT as per the Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, a by-law to provide for the borrowing of up to \t$678,000.00, by issue of Promissory Note #LTPS0052, to meet the costs for projects as authorized \ton Schedule \u201cB\u201d attached, be read a first time long and numbered 6\/2016 and the seal of the School \tDivision affixed thereto. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R6\tB. Stephen, D. Burghart:
\n\tTHAT as per the Report of the Transportation Supervisor, the offer from Dennis Rogasky to \tpurchase one used school bus, Unit #35.09 – 2003 International Blue Bird, for $4,000, plus \tapplicable taxes, \u201csold as used parts as is where is\u201d condition, be accepted. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R7\tB. Stephen, D. Burghart:
\n\tTHAT the Board move In-Camera. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R8\tK. Highmoor, B. Stephen:
\n\tTHAT the Board move out of In-Camera. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R9\tG. Wowchuk, S. Haluschak:
\n\tTHAT James Waldner be hired for the Computer\/Network Technician position and the salary \trecommendation be approved. CARRIED<\/p>\n
R10\tK. Highmoor, G. Wowchuk:
\n\tTHAT we do now adjourn at 11:06 p.m. CARRIED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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