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March 19, 2014

Minutes from the Regular Meeting of the Board of School Trustees of the Lake Station Community Schools held at Bailey Elementary School, 2100 Union Street, Lake Station, IN at the hour of 7:00 p.m.

Members Present: Larry Biggs, Karen Curtis, Jane Stills & Greg Tenorio

Members Absent: Jim Vanderlin

Others Present: Dan DeHaven, Tom Corey, Sandy Cain & Tara Tauber

President, Mr. Greg Tenorio led the group in the Pledge of allegiance to the Flag

Public Concerns

Michelle Ripperdan – 2567 Miami Street, Lake Station, IN

➢ Corporation Beliefs, Mission Statement

Paul Cueller – Iron Eagles Football & Cheerleaders

➢ All Star Posters for 3 Elementary Schools, Tackling Bullying Program and Coloring Book on Bullying

Drake Abramson – 4276 Deer Run Court, Lake Station, IN

➢ Epilepsy Awareness and Edison Jr. Sr. High School will have a balloon release March 21st at 2:00 p.m. to raise awareness

Tyler Howell –

➢ Spoke of support for Coach Ray Dix

Marcus Farr –

➢ Read a letter to the Board of support for Coach Ray Dix

Karen Knight – Little League Representative

➢ Spoke of support for Coach Ray Dix

Misty Ramirez –

➢ Spoke of support for Coach Ray Dix

Niko Lara –

➢ Spoke of support for Coach Ray Dix

Mr. Kolopanis recognized his Math Bowl Participants who placed 1st in the District and 1st place in the Region.

Mr. Larry Biggs moved to approve the Minutes of February 18, 2014 meeting. Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis and unanimously carried.

| |A. |Personnel | |

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|AI | |1. |Ms. Karen Curtis moved to approve the transfer of Juan Hernandez to the Polk School Principal’s |TRANSFER |

| | | |position effective August 4, 2014 at a salary of $78,800.00. Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and |JUAN HERNANDEZ |

| | | |unanimously carried. | |

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|AI | |2. |Mr. Larry Biggs moved to accept the letter of retirement from Kassahun Beyene effective the end of|RETIREMENT |

| | | |the 2013-2014 school year. |KASSAHUN BEYENE |

| | | |Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |3. |Ms. Karen Curtis moved to accept the letter of retirement from Kathy Knicker effective August 29, |RETIREMENT |

| | | |2014. Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and unanimously carried. |KATHY KNICKER |

|AI | |4. |Mr. Larry Biggs Moved to approve the recommendation of Tara Gordon to hire Kendall Bonick for the |HIRING |

| | | |maternity leave of Lisa Alvarado beginning April 9, 2014. Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis and |KENDALL BONICK |

| | | |unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |5. |Mrs. Jane Stills moved to approve the recommendation of Linda Halas to hire Amanda McKee for the |HIRING |

| | | |maternity leave of Kacey Rogers beginning March 31, 2014. Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis and |AMANDA MCKEE |

| | | |unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |6. |Mr. Larry Biggs moved to approve the recommendation of Bruce Bush to hire Daniel Leighty as the |HIRING |

| | | |Algebra II teacher at Edison Jr. Sr. High School for the 2014-2015 school year. Seconded by Mrs.|DANIEL LEIGHTY |

| | | |Jane Stills and unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |7. |Ms. Karen Curtis moved to approve the recommendation of Bruce Bush to hire Elena Sampalis for the |HIRING |

| | | |Family and Consumer Science position at Edison Jr. Sr. High School for the 2014-2015 school year. |ELENA SAMPALIS |

| | | |Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |8. |Ms. Karen Curtis moved to approve the following coaching positions: |HIRING COACHES |

| | | |Chris Elizondo – Head Boys Track | |

| | | |Marc Chavez – Assistant Boys Track |C. ELIZONDO |

| | | |Tony Krupa – JV Baseball |M. CHAVEZ |

| | | |Sal Guel – Head Girls Tennis |T. KRUPA |

| | | |Heather Sanchez – JH Head Girls Track |S. GUEL |

| | | |Brittney Marciniak – Assistant JH Girls Track |H. SANCHEZ |

| | | |Malorie Crafton – Assistant JH Boys Track |B. MARCINIAK |

| | | |Debra Broom – Assistant Softball |M. CRAFTON |

| | | |Russell Jorgensen – Assistant Softball |D. BROOM |

| | | |Sarah Camp – JV Softball |R. JORGENSEN |

| | | | |S. CAMP |

| | | |Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and unanimously carried | |

|AI | |9. |Mrs. Jane Stills moved to approve the hiring of Randy Robb for the Operational Personnel Position |HIRING |

| | | |at Edison Jr. Sr. High school effective April 7, 2014. Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis and |RANDY ROBB |

| | | |unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |10. |Mr. Larry Biggs moved to approve release time and necessary expenses for Theresa Kietzman to |RELEASE TIME & N. EXPENSES |

| | | |attend the Indiana School Nutrition Association’s Spring Training Workshop on May 1 & 2, 2014 in |THERESA KIETZMAN |

| | | |Indianapolis, IN. Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |11. |Mr. Larry Biggs moved to approve release time and necessary expenses for Theresa Kietzman to |RELEASE TIME & N. EXPENSES |

| | | |attend the School Nutrition Association’s Annual National Conference July 12-16, 2014 in Boston, |THERESA |

| | | |MA. Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and unanimously carried. |KIETZMAN |

|AI | |12. |Mr. Larry Biggs moved to approve release time and necessary expenses for Jeff Wisniewski to attend|RELEASE TIME & N. EXPENSES |

| | | |the AP Workshop on March 20, 2014 in South Bend, Indiana. Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and |JEFF WISNIEWSKI |

| | | |unanimously carried. | |

| |B. |New Business | |

|AI | |1. |Ms. Karen Curtis moved to approve the low bids for the Edison remodeling project. |BIDS |

| | | | |EDISON PROJECT |

| | | |BC #1 Site Services $ 54,375.00 | |

| | | |BC #2 LEE Co $ 107,790.00 | |

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| | | |$ 162,165.00 | |

| | | | | |

| | | |Seconded by Mr. Larry Biggs and unanimously carried. | |

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|AI | |2. |Mrs. Jane Stills moved to approve a contract with Robert Trammel to provide K-12 Math professional|ROBERT TRAMMEL CONTRACT |

| | | |development services for seven days during the 2014-2015 school year at a cost of $10,000.00. | |

| | | |Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis and unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |3. |Mrs. Jane Stills moved to approve the request of Jason Wolfe to chaperon students on June 10-14, |WASHINGTON D.C. |

| | | |2015 on an educational field trip to Washington, D.C. Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis and |TRIP |

| | | |unanimously carried. |JASON WOLFE |

|AI | |4. |Mrs. Jane Stills moved to approve the 2014 -2015 school calendar. Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis |2014-2015 SCHOOL CALENDAR |

| | | |and unanimously carried. | |

|AI | |5. |Mrs. Jane Stills moved to approve the following Use of Facility Forms: |USE OF FACILITY |

| | | |Julienne’s Screamin’ Eagles Edison H. S. Gym Twirling Competition| |

| | | |Saturday, March 8, 2014 | |

| | | |7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | |

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| | | |Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Edison Jr. High Gym | |

| | | |Registration & Tryouts Saturday, March 15, 2014 | |

| | | |10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | |

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| | | |L. S. Dollars For Scholars Edison Kitchen & Café | |

| | | |Annual Breakfast Saturday, May 17, 2014 | |

| | | |6:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | |

| | | |Seconded by Ms. Karen Curtis and unanimously carried. | |

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| |C. | |Financial Aspects: | |

|AI | |1. |Mr. Larry Biggs moved to approve and sign the following claims for payment: |CLAIMS |

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| | | |February 2014 Claims: 108994 -109024 | |

| | | |March 2014 Claims: 109025-109113 | |

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| | | |Seconded by Mrs. Jane Stills and unanimously carried. | |

|I | |2. |Financial Report for February 2014 | |

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| |D. |Other Business: | |

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| | |Next Board Meeting: April 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Polk School. | |

There being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Greg Tenorio adjourned the regular meeting.

Approved:_________________________Attest:_________________________

President Secretary

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