Emil Feierabend
Ferndale Unified School District
Board of Trustees
Jerry Hansen
Stephanie Koch
Kristina Radelfinger
Ken Richardson
November 12, 2014
Regular School Board Meeting
6:30 p.m. CLOSED SESSION
7:00 p.m. OPEN SESSION
Ferndale High School- Mabel Lowry Library
1231 Main Street, Ferndale, CA 95536
Minutes
Present: Emil Feierabend, Jerry Hansen, Stephanie Koch, Kristina Radelfinger, Ken Richardson
Also Present: Jack Lakin, Superintendent/Principal, Tammy Saldana, Principal, Denise Grinsell, Business Manager
1.0
CALL TO ORDER
Stephanie Koch called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
2.0
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA
None
3.0
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
None
4.0
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
Stephanie Koch adjourned to closed session at 6:31 p.m.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
4.1 Conference with Labor Negotiators
Negotiators – Jack Lakin, Tammy Saldana and Denise Grinsell
Organization – Ferndale Unified Teachers Association
4.2 Conference with Labor Negotiators
Negotiators – Jack Lakin, Tammy Saldana and Denise Grinsell
Organization – Unrepresented – Ferndale Unified Classified
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
4.3 Public Employment:
FHS .975 SCIA
FES 5th Grade Boys Basketball Coach
4.4 Public Employee Performance Evaluation for the Superintendent/Principal
5.0
REGULAR SESSION RECONVENED
Regular session was reconvened at 7:00 p.m.
5.1 Report Action taken in Closed Session, if required by law.
Stephanie Koch reported that the board approved the recommendation of the administration to hire
Donna LaTorre for the FHS .975 SCIA and Trevor Christiansen for FES 5th Grade Boys
Basketball Coach. Vote summary: ayes 5-0 noes.
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6.0
WELCOME/FLAG SALUTE
7.0
ANNOUNCEMENTS/REPORTS (The Board is asked to receive information)
7.1
Student Representative Reports
FES ASB representative - Hunter Barnes introduced himself to the board and gave a brief overview of
recent and upcoming events of the FES ASB. He expressed concerns about water quality in the
classroom faucets and handed out a survey.
FHS Representative Corabelle Esmailian was unable to attend but left a report for Supt. Lakin to read.
ASB just completed homecoming week and has a blood drive scheduled for tomorrow (11/13/14).
RACK - random acts of kindness is coming up the week before winter break. Classes are meeting to
begin planning for adopting 7 families through Betty Chinn. LEO Club just finished with the volleyball
home game concessions and are making cards for Soldiers. FFA is currently participating in the HDN
Sectional competition. There will be sectional bowling next week. FFA will be hosting the annual
school wide Thanksgiving feast on Thursday, November 20.
7.2
Certificated Representative Report
None
7.3
Classified Representative Report
None
7.4
Facilities Report
Eureka City Schools recently assisted with our FIT inspection and we should have a report by the end of
the week. The boiler at FES is currently having issues and will be looked at tomorrow (November 13).
7.5
Board Member Reports/Announcements
Kristina Radelfinger commented that she would be donating blood tomorrow.
Stephanie Koch said she did attend both the Homecoming Parade and Rally and they were awesome.
7.6
2014-2015 Budget Report
Denise Grinsell shared that she was finalizing the figures for the First Interim Report that would be
available at the December meeting.
7.7
Principal Report
Principal Saldana reported that the first quarter was finished and parent conferences were held. She
added that she was at the AVID conference in September and is pleased with the implementation of
AVID in the classrooms. They are organized, learning to use planners and are becoming interpretive
learners. Pretzel Cart sales were held today. December 18 will be the Winter Music Program with
performances at 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. And finally, the money for the breakfast grant has finally
arrived!
7.8
Principal/Superintendent Report
Supt. Lakin reported that four staff members are visiting other AVID schools in the Sacramento area
getting ideas for implementing common core, and using journals for organization. FHS had a high
percentage of students making honor roll and Homecoming festivities were great. He gave credit to
Corabelle Esmailian and Jeff Michael for their hard work on Homecoming. Supt. Lakin added that the
junior high recently began using chrome book and CSBA will be here next week to update our board
policies and make them electronic.
8.0
PUBLIC COMMENT ON OPEN SESSION ITEMS
Classified staff member Barb Manzi read a statement to the board requesting that classified staff be
awarded the same increase in compensation as the certificated staff. She added that this had been
common practice in the past and believed there was an agreement with the board to that affect.
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9.0
CONSENT AGENDA (The Board is asked to receive/approve)
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
Approve Board Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting (October 8, 2014)
Approve Commercial Warrants (October 2014)
Approve FES/FHS Student Body Accounts/Revolving Cash Accounts and Enrollment Reports
Approve Personnel Activity Report
Approve District Fund Raising Activities
President Koch requested that all forms submitted be the updated forms.
There was an additional form from Softball handed out.
Approve District Donations
Approve District Volunteers
An updated list was handed out
A motion was made by Emil Feierabend and seconded by Jerry Hansen to approve the
consent agenda. Vote summary: ayes 5 - 0 noes.
10.0
INFORMATION/ACTION
10.1 Review and Discuss District Goals
Supt. Lakin explained where the district was in regards to the goals listed in out LCAP pointing out which
goals we still need to work towards. He suggested the board incorporate the LCAP goals with the district
goals and asked if there were any areas the board would specifically like to include such as facilities or
parental involvement, or support of the staff in the implementation of Common Core. He asked the board to
review the data and add any areas they felt necessary to look at next board meeting.
10.2 Review and Discuss District School Board Workshop Dec. 11
There was discussion regarding a meeting place. Should it be off campus to not interfere with student access
to the library. The Town Hall was suggested as a possible site.
Emil Feierabend expressed concern over the expense of the workshop. He said he was not in favor of spending
kids' money and would not attend.
President Koch pointed out it was an investment in us (the board).
Supt. Lakin said he would contact CSBA and look into other options.
Member Feierabend was asked if the workshop was free, would he attend and he replied that he would have to
think about it.
10.3 Review and Discuss BP/AR 4111 Recruitment and Selection
Concern was expressed for the current 30 day advertisement being too long in the current job market. Supt. Lakin
has checked with other districts and no one has an "AR" stipulating the length of advertisement. It was felt that
it should be left to the administration to tailor to the needs of the situation. The district may potentially need
to ask FUTA to advertise 10 days concurrently with "in house". The board felt that with technology, we should be
able to cut the advertisement time down.
Supt. Lakin also pointed out that the current wording in incorrect and needs to be changed to read that the action is
taken in closed session and reported out in open session with a vote summary.
This is to be brought back next meeting with corrections.
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11.0
ACTION ITEMS (The Board is asked to receive/discuss/approve)
11.1 Ratify the Tentative Agreement with the Ferndale Unified Teachers Association (FUTA)
A motion was made by Jerry Hansen and seconded by ken Richardson to Ratify the Tentative
Agreement with the Ferndale Unified Teachers Association (FUTA). Vote summary: ayes 5 - 0 noes.
11.2 Ratify the Tentative Agreement with the Ferndale Unified School District Classified Employees
A motion was made by Jerry Hansen and seconded by Emil Feierabend to Ratify the Tentative
Agreement with the Ferndale Unified School District Classified Employee.
Vote summary: ayes 5 - 0 noes.
11.3 Approve Funding for the Purchase of Two District Passenger Vans
A motion was made by Emil Fieirabend and seconded by Jerry Hansen to Approve Funding for the
Purchase of Two District Passenger Vans. Vote summary: ayes 5 - 0 noes.
12.0
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
12.1 2014-2015 First Interim Report
12.2 Annual Board Organization and Election of Officers
12.3 School Board Workshop
12.4 District Communication and Marketing Plan
12.5 Review and Discuss BP/AR 4111 Recruitment and Selection
12.6 Review and Discuss District Goals
13.0
REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BOARD
None
14.0
ADJOURNMENT .
The meeting was adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
Jerry Hansen, Clerk of the Board
Signs Minutes following Board Approval