The board secretary or recorder will call roll of board members.
Background:
Student voice is an opportunity for Associated Student Body (ASB) reports, student initiatives, achievements and recognitions.
Students from Battle Ground and Prairie high schools will be reporting on events happening at their schools.
Presenter:
Board Members
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Legislative Committee
Mary Snitily serves as the Board's Legislative Representative for the 2023 and 2024 calendar years. She will give a report to the Board on current legislative news and events.
Audit Committee Report
Audit Committee members are Mark Watrin and Mary Snitily. The audit committee will meet with Business Office staff prior to the first scheduled board meeting each month to review vouchers, the superintendent's and board of directors' budgets, payroll and the superintendent's time sheet. The committee will report back to the Board on the first board meeting of the month.
Battle Ground Education Foundation
Andrew Lawhon serves as the Board representative on the Battle Ground Education Foundation.
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Committee
Ted Champine serves as the Board representative on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) committee.
Washington State School Directors' Association Updates
Board members who serve on various Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) committees will have an opportunity to provide an update to the Board.
Tours Committee
The Board tours every school in the district by splitting up into three separate groups and visiting classrooms and offices. The tour schedule for the next two months follows:
| Amboy Middle School | Group 1 | October 20, 2023 | Upcoming |
| Maple Grove Primary School | Group 2 | October 20, 2023 | Upcoming |
| River HomeLink / BG Virtual Academy | Group 3 | October 24, 2023 | Upcoming |
| No Tours Scheduled for November | |||
| Prairie High School | Groups 1, 2, 3 | December 1, 2023 | Upcoming |
| Group 1 Members | Mary Snitily, Mark Watrin, Sora Tolley, David Kennedy |
| Group 2 Members | Ted Champine, Andrew Lawhon, Shelly Whitten |
| Group 3 Members | Jackie Maddux, Julia Stiffler, Denny Waters |
Background:
An opportunity for board members to report out on their activities associated with their respective positions.
Presenter:
Denny Waters
Superintendent
Background:
Denny Waters will provide periodic updates on events and/or recognitions throughout the district.
Presenter:
Shelly Whitten
Deputy Superintendent
Background:
Shelly Whitten will provide an update to the Board on the Teaching and Learning Department. In addition, Director of Instructional Interventions Tamra Scheetz will provide an update on the Healthy Youth Survey.
Presenter:
Michelle Reinhardt
Executive Director of Human Resources
Background:
A human resources report will be provided to the Board by Michelle Reinhardt.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
Michelle Scott will give an update to the Board on finances.
Presenter:
Kevin Jolma
Executive Director of Facilities
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Kevin Jolma will give the Board an update on current projects.
Presenter:
Amanda Richter
Director of Communications & Community Outreach
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Amanda Richter will report on district events and promotions.
This is a meeting of the Battle Ground Public Schools Board of Directors, and it is open to the public to attend, view presentations, and hear the discussion between board members during open session.
The Board welcomes comments from citizens during Citizens' Comments and asks that those wishing to address the Board sign in on the sign-in sheet provided which is located close to the entrance.
Please follow the procedures for Citizens' Comments by stating your name, limiting your time to three (3) minutes, and refraining from discussing confidential matters.
Board members do not normally respond to questions or petitions during Citizens' Comments. They will listen and give direction to the Administrative Team if action is deemed necessary.
Thank you for your comments.
Minutes become official after approval by the Board.
Background:
Vouchers and payroll reports are presented to the Board at the first meeting of the month for approval. A summary sheet for both items is attached.
Background:
Personnel reports are prepared by the Certificated and Classified Specialists for Board approval. The reports, attached, may contain items such as New Hires, Terminations, Assignment Changes, Resignations, Retirements, and Recommendations for Permanent Employment. Coaching assignments are listed when appropriate. The specialists will list incumbent employees and reasons for changes or new hires if appropriate. Confidential information is not contained in this report.
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Per Policy 2320, student travel requests require board approval if they are overnight trips. Advisors are required to submit all required paperwork at least two weeks in advance to Cheri Dailey, Director of Business Operations and Risk Management. Advisors must clear the trip with their building principal prior to submitting the request to Risk Management. Advisors are required to submit itineraries, budget information, transportation information and learning objectives along with the dates of travel and information on the group of students traveling with chaperones.
Exceptions to the rule are travel requests for state and national tournaments and competitions. The procedures for these types of trips is outlined in Procedure 2320P. Often the tournaments come up quickly and there is not enough time to present the trip to the board prior to the trip. In this case, advisors must submit all paperwork to the Risk Management Officer prior to the trip for approval. The trip is then ratified by board members at their next regularly scheduled board meeting.
Student travel requests are attached.
Background:
Per RCW 39.56.040; Cancellation of municipal warrants. Registered or interest bearing warrants of any municipal corporation not presented within two years of the date of their call, or other warrants not presented within two years of their issue, shall be canceled by passage of a resolution of the governing body of the municipal corporation, and upon notice of the passage of such resolution the auditor of the municipal corporation and the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall transfer all records of such warrants so as to leave the funds as if such warrants had never been drawn.
An annual board resolution is required for canceling a district warrant(s).
Background:
The salary schedules reflect an increase of 9.5%, which includes 3.7% IPD (Implicit Price Deflator) for the 2023-2024 contract year.
Background:
The salary schedule reflects an increase of 9.5%, which includes 3.7% IPD (Implicit Price Deflator) for the 2023-2024 contract year.
Background:
Transition to Kindergarten (TTK) is a legislatively established and authorized program for children at least four years old by August 31 who have been deemed eligible through an internal screening process. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has published data showing that Transition to Kindergarten is an effective strategy in preparing students for kindergarten that may otherwise not have been prepared. Based on House Bill 1550--Transition to Kindergarten Program, OSPI is currently adopting emergency rules for the 2023-24 and will adopt permanent rules the following year. WSSDA has developed model Policy 2230 to reflect this year's emergency rules and will update this policy, if needed, based on the permanent rules scheduled to be in place next year.
The first reading was approved on September 25, 2023.
Background:
This new Policy 6550, is in response to implementation of GASB 87 and 96 (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) that now require school districts to capitalize certain leases and Capitalization Thresholds for Leases and Subscription-based Information Technology Arrangements (SBITAS). The capitalization threshold of $5,000 is consistent with our capitalization threshold for capital assets (Policy 6810). GASB recommends that the government agencies consider the capital asset threshold when determining capitalization of leases and SBITAS.
The first reading was approved on September 25, 2023.
Background:
Per Policy No. 6881, the warehouse manager is seeking permission to advertise an available surplus of miscellaneous, obsolete, and damaged equipment, materials and supplies. Items determined to be surplus may include:
Old furniture and equipment
Books
Vehicles
Obsolete materials and supplies
Specific surplus items include:
Cafeteria tables (CAM)
MagTek Dynapro Go credit card readers (district-wide)
Floor hockey PE equipment (district-wide)
Weight room equipment (BGHS)
Speakers/stereo equipment (district wide)
Dake Air over Hydraulic press (PHS Machine shop)
Heat Treat furnace (PHS Machine shop)
Obsolete texts (district-wide)
Miscellaneous books (district-wide)
Miscellaneous furniture (district-wide)
Items will be sold to the public via sealed bid or at public auction on GovDeals.com, scrapped or recycled, thirty days or more after publication of The Columbian newspaper advertisement, or per RCW 28A.335.180, school districts and educational service districts may elect to grant surplus personal property to a federal, state, or local governmental entity, or to indigent persons, at no cost on the condition the property be used for preschool through twelfth grade educational purposes.
Presenter:
Background:
Presenter:
Shelly Whitten
Deputy Superintendent
Background:
The Battle Ground Education Association (BGEA) is the Collective Bargaining Unit representing Battle Ground Public Schools (BGPS) certificated employees. BGEA and BGPS wish to enter into an agreement, which replaces the previous Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period of September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2023.
The salary schedules are attached.
Presenter:
Michelle Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Background:
Resolution G-23 has two updates. The first update is Luke LeCount has replaced Stephanie Watts for Director of Human Resources. Stephanie Watts has assumed a role as Assistant Principal at Prairie High School. The second change is that due to high spikes in bank fees from Bank of America the Business Services Dept., after requesting proposals from multiple banks, has chosen Umpqua Bank as the local depository bank. This change will reduce bank fees 90%.
Presenter:
Denny Waters
Superintendent
Background:
A settlement with the final Defendants in the Juul e-cigarette litigation has been reached. Altria Group, Inc. and Philip Morris USA, Inc., Altria Client Services LLC, Altria Enterprises LLC, and Altria Group Distribution Company (collectively “Altria”) have proposed a $168,250,000 Government entity settlement.
Background:
Board members will have an opportunity to add agenda items to upcoming board meetings.
Board members separately participate in many community and district events throughout each month as they are able. Each meeting they will review the calendar of upcoming events and discuss their participation.