Helix High
School
Charter Governing Board
Minutes
August 19, 2002, Helix High
School Library
Board Members Present: Lori Free-Trout, Lisa
Hamann, Judy Kirk, Court Levy, Leslie Messier, and Richard Sutton
Absent Members: Cheryl Jones
Student Representatives
Present:
Nick Norvell, Warren Ruis
Other Representatives
Present:
Principal, Douglas Smith; Assistant Principals’ Martha Foncerrada, Mimi Test;
Dean of Students, Kevin Osborn; Mgr. School Facilities, Ken Britschgi; Business
Services Mgr., Barbara Lenihan
I.
Open Session - Call to Order
President Kirk, with a quorum of Board members
present, called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 19, 2002,
in the Library at Helix Charter High School. The Board immediately adjourned to
executive (closed) session.
II.
Executive (closed) Session
The Board met in executive (closed session) to
discuss Administrative Assignments then adjourned at 5:59 p.m.
III. Reconvene Open Session
Introductions were made followed by a brief reception.
President Kirk reported there was no action taken in
closed session.
IV. Procedural
On motion of Free-Trout, seconded by Hamann the board approved the minutes of the June 17, 2002, meeting.
On motion of Hamann, seconded by Free-Trout with the addition of “during the public input section of the agenda” added to the first sentence on the speaker cards, the board-approved usage of speaker cards.
1.
Budget Update
On motion of Hamann, seconded by Free-Trout, the board approved the Statement of Revenue and Expenditures along with the Unaudited Actuals for 2001/02 presented.
On motion by Ruis, seconded
by Messier, the board approved the Public Relations Contract for Jen Osborn.
1.
Approval of Contract with
National School Fitness Foundation to Provide Exercise Equipment and Program.
On motion by Hamann, seconded by Messier and Sutton, the board approved to proceed to move forward with the lease, but to bring to the September meeting more information on the program.
1.
Recommendation to add Two
Extra Curricular Coaching Stipends
On motion by Free-Trout, seconded by Hamann, the
board decided to table this issue until the state adopted their budget.
2.
Portables Replacement (Rooms
1480 & 1490)
Dr. Smith shared blue print
plans for constructing new classrooms.
3.
Facilities Report &
Construction Recap for Summer
Ken Britschgi, Mgr. School Facilities, gave a
synopsis of the improvement to the campus over the summer break and commended
his staff for a job well done with such a short time span to work in.
4.
Approval of Administrative
Team 2002/2003
On motion by Hamann, seconded by Sutton, the board
approved the Administration team.
5.
Summer School Report
Assistant Principal, Kevin Osborn reported on summer
school relating that between 600 and 700 students were in attendance daily. The
new 5th period class, (class size 20-1 ratio) are offered in
English, Math, Social Science, Science, and will continue with Drivers
Education.
6.
Summer Conference &
Student Enrollment
Assistant Principal, Martha Foncerrada stated there
were 23 days of summer conferencing and the process went smoother and quicker
this year. 9th grade parents met in groups of ten for “Scotty Pride”
information then proceeded to see GIS/Counselors. There are still a few kinks
to work out in this process, but all in all the process took less than one hour
to complete.
Enrollment: 9th grade = 716; 10th
grade = 641; 11th grade = 637; 12th grade = 522. Total =
2516.
No
report at this time.
Dr. Smith presented a policy change for the selection of a valedictorian. He will present this change to the Restructuring Committee, Department Chair Council, PTSA, then bring it back to the Charter Board with the consensus of the other committees. There is no state mandate for choosing a valedictorian and we could proceed with this selection as early as this school year.
VI. Communications
Items Not on the Agenda
A. Board
Communication
None at this time.
None at this time.
VII. Adjournment
- 8:30 p.m.