CREST UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 479
Board Meeting Minutes October 12th, 2015
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education of Crest Unified School District #479 was
held at the Board Office, Colony, on Monday, October 12th, 2015. The meeting was called to order
at 7:00 P.M. by Board President – Tadd Goodell.
Roll Call
Board Members Present – Tadd Goodell, Bryan Miller, Jeff Strickler, Travis Church, Pamela
Adams and Jeff McAdam. Others: – Superintendent Chuck Mahon, Board Clerk Leanne Trabuc,
and Terina Platt.
Approval of Agenda – School Mascot was added as E.4. and Personnel – Executive Session was
added as E.5. to the Items of Business. It was moved by Mr. Miller and seconded by Mr. Strickler
to approve the agenda as amended. Vote: 6-0
Approval of Consent Agenda - It was moved by Mr. Miller and seconded by Mr. Strickler to
approve the consent agenda including the minutes of the September 14th, 2015 regular board
meeting, budget status report, enrollment report and bills in the amount of $486,825.10. Vote: 6-0
Information Items
ANW Special Education – The minutes of the September 9th, 2015 board meeting were reviewed.
Superintendent/Principal Report – Superintendent Mahon reported grades K-2 are attending a a
performance at the Bowlus on October 13th. The 5th grade will attend the Kansas City Symphony
on October 15th and Trevor Church will present the story he wrote for the contest on stage The
middle football and volleyball season are wrapping up and basketball practice for them will begin
with the first middle school basketball game on November 2nd. The Garnett Chamber Players are
presenting a program to the K-8 on October 16th. Parent-Teacher conferences are October 19th
and October21th. The District Title I meeting will be October 19th at 3:45 P.M. Mr. Mahon also
reported Mr. Steven Wilson and Mr. Brett Brownback presented at the staff professional
development day on October 12th. The state testing scores have been received and being
reviewed. The parents will receive their student results at parent teacher conferences and the
information will be discussed at the November 9th board meeting. The Annual KASB conference
will be held December 4- 6th in Wichita and Mr. Mahon will be attending. Mr. Mahon received
recognition from KASB for completing the Leadership Academy. The Three Rivers League voted
for Yates Center to join the league and they will be added to the high school and middle school
schedules in the future. Lickteig Construction will be completing some cement repair work. Roof
repair due to hail damage was discussed.
Items of Business
Teacher Presentations – Mrs. Terina Platt, computer and business teacher, presented information
about her classroom curriculum.
Strategic Planning – The development of a strategic plan and the formation of a strategic planning
committee were discussed.
March 2016 Board Meeting – It was moved by Mr. Goodell and seconded by Mr. Miller to hold the
March 2016 board meeting on March 7th, 2016 at 7:00 P.M. in the Crest Board Office. Vote: 6-0
School Mascot – The design of the school mascot was discussed.
Personnel – Executive Session – It was moved by Mr. Goodell and seconded by Mr. Miller to
enter into executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel. The reason for the session
was the sensitive nature of the topic. Superintendent Mahon was invited to attend. The meeting
would reconvene at 8:05 P.M. Vote: 6-0
The meeting reconvened at 8:05 P.M.
Adjournment – It was moved by Mr. Goodell and seconded by Mrs. Adams to adjourn the meeting
at 8:10 P.M. Vote: 6-0
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Board President
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Board Clerk