June 27, 2011 Joint Sac and WLVA School Board Meeting
00:00
Sac Board call to order.
00:24
Sac amendment of agenda.
00:42
Sac approval of agenda.
00:49
Sac approval of consent agenda
- Approval of prior meeting minutes, bills, financial statements, and shared expenses summary.
- Without discussion.
01:52
Approval of unseen bills that come in between June 27, 2011 and June 30, 2011
02:25
WLVA Board call to order
02:36
WLVA approval of the agenda
02:51
WLVA approval of consent agenda
- Discussion of and approval of the prior meeting minutes, bills, financial statements, shared expenses summary, and unseen bills that come in between June 27, 2011 and June 30, 2011.
04:39
Reading aloud of the East Sac County School Mission statement
05:20
Recognition of Frank Strain’s 40 years serving on the Sac Community School Board
06:58
Dave Sands recognizes McCullough Law Firms Service to the Sac Community School Board
07:23
Continued recognition of Frank Strain’s 40 years serving on the Sac Community School Board
08:23
Sac Elementary roofing project update
- Change of design to “penthouse” discussed.
10:34
Radio tower at Sac Elementary building removed
10:53
Sac Elementary interior paint project update
_”doing well”
11:18
Sac Elementary building pre-school playground project update
- Plans developed, equipment ordered
11:43
Middle School bathrooms remolding project update
11:51
High School administrative office and Family Consumer Science room remodeling project update
- moving along
12:01
High School small gym remodeling update
- The small gym is going to become the cafeteria. Originally, the bleachers in the small gym were going to be removed to accommodate cafeteria table storage. Maintenance has come up with a way to leave the bleachers in place.
12:24
Normal cleaning and painting update
13:15
Further discussion about High School small gym remodeling update
13:21
Discussion about trees down
13:35
Discussion about desire to relocate central office
- Motion by Sands seconded by Bellcock to move administrative office back and forth between Lake View and Sac City each year.
14:51
Sac City Indians concerned that all of the school board meeting will eventually be held in Lake View
15:32
Melissa Bellcock concerned about loss of secretary position in Sac City
16:25
Shirley Phillips seems uncomfortable calling for vote
- goes back over wording of motion
16:58
Discussion about extra cost to district moving offices back and forth ever year
- Substantive”
17:30
Administrative office to establish an 800 number
- not in place yet
18:11
Melissa Bellcock asks about amount of travel administration will undertake
- Superintendent to be in each building at least once per week.
19:26
Board meetings to continue to rotate between Sac and Lake View
20:18
Pros and cons of centralizing administrative offices in Lake View discussed
21:23
Phillips and Bellcock emphasize importance of maintaining a presence in both towns
22:05
Phillips suggests that in the past a superintended was more necessary in Sac City due to problems at the Middle school
22:23
Chuck Brotherton calls for the motion to be recalled due to its inappropriateness
23:32
Shirley Phillips, improper amendment to vote quashing the motion
24:15
Motion by Sands seconded by Phillips to regularly lubricate lights at Sac complex.
- already being scheduled
27:40
Motion amended to have lights lubricated every year.
28:21
Clarification about legal obligation of ESC board to honor motion
- The motion is considered symbolic
29:30
Motion passes unanimously
29:47
Dave Sand’s seemingly misled by constituents into thinking that concerts are not held in Sac City
- All 2010-2011 ESC vocal and band concerts were held Sac City except for Parade of Bands which was too big an event to fit in Sac auditorium.
31:12
Discussion about location of homecoming
- School board defers to high school student council, senate decides where the event will be.
- Will probably be in the evening in the future.
32:25
Discussion about commencement location
- Auditorium not big enough.
- Students prefer to commence from the building at which they spent four years earning degree.
33:05
Discussion about location of High School Dances
- There are only two dances, homecoming and prom. Both are held at the school at which the students attend school.
- Middle school dances wee rotated between Sac and Lake View in 2010-2011
33:40
Discussion about middle school woodworking classes
-called worthy discussion to have.
34:38
Discussion about using Sac Rec Center for swim class
- Principals already instructed to figure out how to utilize rec center for recess during weather events.
- Size of pool too small for size of classes.
35:44
Discussion about when swimming at Rec Center was discontinued.
- Disappeared several years before merging of schools due to maintenance issues.
- Dr. Fiene calls discussion worth having but logistical and financial problems need to be addressed.
37:53
Discussion about Sac Elem construction debris
- Norm Just (owner of local trucking firm,) questions decision to give pile of rock valued at estimated $7K to other local trucking firm with no bid/no contract.
- Stuff will not continue to happen this way in the future
44:24
Sac approval of gold pass and all sport lifetime pass for off going board members
- Only counts for home events.
45:41
WLVA approval of gold pass and all sport lifetime pass for off going board members
- Only counts for home events
46:09
Approval of Sac and WLVA resignations
48:11
Approval of Sac and WLVA contracts
48:34
Adjournment
49:00
Superintendent thanks the boards
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Dave, Melissa, and Shirley spend the last meeting wearing the White and the Red
This is from the June 27, 2011 Joint Sac and Wall Lake View Auburn School board meeting. This was the last meeting before the two schools stopped existing and were replaced by East Sac County School.
Dave Sands makes a couple of motions which are seconded by either Melissa Bellcock or Shirley Phillips in an attempt to make policy for a school which they do not govern.
…entertaining, but a little sad.
They do get a win at 15:55 when they get a motion to lubricate some lights at some point in the future passed, though that motion had to be amended from the original motion to definitely lubricate the lights next year in order to pass. The “victory” is probably a little hollow considering that lubrication of the lights was scheduled prior to the motion.
After this vote, the meeting gets a little more fluid with Sands just spending 12ish minutes going through a list of things the people he seems to represent are uninformed about.
…More concerts at the middle School Auditorium?
Too late, all but one of them already held there.
…Woodworking class at the Middle School?
Already being looked at.
…Swimming at the Rec (sic) Center in Sac City?
Pool too small, discontinued by Sac School in the 80’s
…More high school dances held in Sac City?
You mean at the building that roughly half of the students attended in grade school instead of at the high school where they currently attend?
…and so on.
00:00
Discussion about desire to relocate central office
- Motion by Sands seconded by Bellcock to move administrative office back and forth between Lake View and Sac City each year.
01:16
Sac City Indians concerned that all of the school board meeting will eventually be held in Lake View
01:57
Melissa Bellcock concerned about loss of secretary position in Sac City
02:50
Shirley Phillips seems uncomfortable calling for vote
- goes back over wording of motion
03:23
Discussion about extra cost to district moving offices back and forth ever year
- Substantive”
03:55
Administrative office to establish an 800 number
- not in place yet
04:36
Melissa Bellcock asks about amount of travel administration will undertake
- Superintendent to be in each building at least once per week.
05:50
Board meetings to continue to rotate between Sac and Lake View
06:42
Pros and cons of centralizing administrative offices in Lake View discussed
07:48
Phillips and Bellcock emphasize importance of maintaining a presence in both towns
08:30
Phillips suggests that in the past a superintended was more necessary in Sac City due to problems at the Middle school
08:48
Chuck Brotherton calls for the motion to be recalled due to its inappropriateness
09:57
Shirley Phillips, improper amendment to vote quashing the motion
10:40
Motion by Sands seconded by Phillips to regularly lubricate lights at Sac complex.
- already being scheduled
14:05
Motion amended to have lights lubricated every year.
14:46
Clarification about legal obligation of ESC board to honor motion
- The motion is considered symbolic
15:55
Motion passes unanimously
16:12
Dave Sand’s seemingly misled by constituents into thinking that concerts are not held in Sac City
- All 2010-2011 ESC vocal and band concerts were held Sac City except for Parade of Bands which was too big an event to fit in Sac auditorium.
17:37
Discussion about location of homecoming
- School board defers to high school student council, senate decides where the event will be.
- Will probably be in the evening in the future.
18:50
Discussion about commencement location
- Auditorium not big enough.
- Students prefer to commence from the building at which they spent four years earning degree.
19:30
Discussion about location of High School Dances
- There are only two dances, homecoming and prom. Both are held at the school at which the students attend school.
- Middle school dances wee rotated between Sac and Lake View in 2010-2011
20:25
Discussion about middle school woodworking classes
-called worthy discussion to have.
21:03
Discussion about using Sac Rec Center for swim class
- Principals already instructed to figure out how to utilize rec center for recess during weather events.
- Size of pool too small for size of classes.
22:09
Discussion about when swimming at Rec Center was discontinued.
- Discontinued several years before merging of schools due to maintenance issues.
- Dr. Fiene calls discussion worth having but logistical and financial problems need to be addressed.
Dave Sands makes a couple of motions which are seconded by either Melissa Bellcock or Shirley Phillips in an attempt to make policy for a school which they do not govern.
…entertaining, but a little sad.
They do get a win at 15:55 when they get a motion to lubricate some lights at some point in the future passed, though that motion had to be amended from the original motion to definitely lubricate the lights next year in order to pass. The “victory” is probably a little hollow considering that lubrication of the lights was scheduled prior to the motion.
After this vote, the meeting gets a little more fluid with Sands just spending 12ish minutes going through a list of things the people he seems to represent are uninformed about.
…More concerts at the middle School Auditorium?
Too late, all but one of them already held there.
…Woodworking class at the Middle School?
Already being looked at.
…Swimming at the Rec (sic) Center in Sac City?
Pool too small, discontinued by Sac School in the 80’s
…More high school dances held in Sac City?
You mean at the building that roughly half of the students attended in grade school instead of at the high school where they currently attend?
…and so on.
00:00
Discussion about desire to relocate central office
- Motion by Sands seconded by Bellcock to move administrative office back and forth between Lake View and Sac City each year.
01:16
Sac City Indians concerned that all of the school board meeting will eventually be held in Lake View
01:57
Melissa Bellcock concerned about loss of secretary position in Sac City
02:50
Shirley Phillips seems uncomfortable calling for vote
- goes back over wording of motion
03:23
Discussion about extra cost to district moving offices back and forth ever year
- Substantive”
03:55
Administrative office to establish an 800 number
- not in place yet
04:36
Melissa Bellcock asks about amount of travel administration will undertake
- Superintendent to be in each building at least once per week.
05:50
Board meetings to continue to rotate between Sac and Lake View
06:42
Pros and cons of centralizing administrative offices in Lake View discussed
07:48
Phillips and Bellcock emphasize importance of maintaining a presence in both towns
08:30
Phillips suggests that in the past a superintended was more necessary in Sac City due to problems at the Middle school
08:48
Chuck Brotherton calls for the motion to be recalled due to its inappropriateness
09:57
Shirley Phillips, improper amendment to vote quashing the motion
10:40
Motion by Sands seconded by Phillips to regularly lubricate lights at Sac complex.
- already being scheduled
14:05
Motion amended to have lights lubricated every year.
14:46
Clarification about legal obligation of ESC board to honor motion
- The motion is considered symbolic
15:55
Motion passes unanimously
16:12
Dave Sand’s seemingly misled by constituents into thinking that concerts are not held in Sac City
- All 2010-2011 ESC vocal and band concerts were held Sac City except for Parade of Bands which was too big an event to fit in Sac auditorium.
17:37
Discussion about location of homecoming
- School board defers to high school student council, senate decides where the event will be.
- Will probably be in the evening in the future.
18:50
Discussion about commencement location
- Auditorium not big enough.
- Students prefer to commence from the building at which they spent four years earning degree.
19:30
Discussion about location of High School Dances
- There are only two dances, homecoming and prom. Both are held at the school at which the students attend school.
- Middle school dances wee rotated between Sac and Lake View in 2010-2011
20:25
Discussion about middle school woodworking classes
-called worthy discussion to have.
21:03
Discussion about using Sac Rec Center for swim class
- Principals already instructed to figure out how to utilize rec center for recess during weather events.
- Size of pool too small for size of classes.
22:09
Discussion about when swimming at Rec Center was discontinued.
- Discontinued several years before merging of schools due to maintenance issues.
- Dr. Fiene calls discussion worth having but logistical and financial problems need to be addressed.
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EDITORIAL: Sac City Indians wrong to pick fight with East Sac County School
As the Sac Community School is now at an end, I would like to say that Shirley Phillips presided over what I feel is the most embarrassing term of the Sac Community School board's history. The motions that were made at the last Sac Community School Board meeting (ever) particularly were nothing more than a sad and pathetic joke that made a mockery of the process, and all communities concerned should count themselves lucky that Shirley Phillips, Dave Sands, Melissa Bellcock and the minority of the people that they seem to represent no longer have a majority vote on the school board.
If it should come to pass that these people continue to plague the East Sac County School board with their ignorant proclamations of unfairness, please let all of the people in the rest of the district outside of Sac City, Iowa know that these people do not represent how most of us, (particularly those of us with children,) feel. We want a good school and are not vain about where it is physically located. Please don't let yourselves be drawn into this town vs. town fight that the Sac City Indians are trying to pick with you.
I would also like to take this opportunity to appeal to future school board candidates. Hopefully in this fall's election, in which Chris Rodman's seat is up for grabs, there will be no campaigns of the sort that saw Shirley Phillips come to office. Hopefully all candidates will openly run for office and announce those candidacies far enough in advance for the public to have the opportunity to fully wrap their minds properly around what those candidates stand for.
East Sac County School does not need another four years of Sac City people hating Lake View people over settled issues. What it does need is leaders whose only concern is providing to the people of this district an excellent school.
Besides, since Shirley and her cronies on the Highway 20 Association have seen fit to provide our town with a bypass, Sac City will surely growa large enough to be able to break with ESC and go back to being able to support a full K-12 school here in no time... right?
Curtis Bloes, Editor
If it should come to pass that these people continue to plague the East Sac County School board with their ignorant proclamations of unfairness, please let all of the people in the rest of the district outside of Sac City, Iowa know that these people do not represent how most of us, (particularly those of us with children,) feel. We want a good school and are not vain about where it is physically located. Please don't let yourselves be drawn into this town vs. town fight that the Sac City Indians are trying to pick with you.
I would also like to take this opportunity to appeal to future school board candidates. Hopefully in this fall's election, in which Chris Rodman's seat is up for grabs, there will be no campaigns of the sort that saw Shirley Phillips come to office. Hopefully all candidates will openly run for office and announce those candidacies far enough in advance for the public to have the opportunity to fully wrap their minds properly around what those candidates stand for.
East Sac County School does not need another four years of Sac City people hating Lake View people over settled issues. What it does need is leaders whose only concern is providing to the people of this district an excellent school.
Besides, since Shirley and her cronies on the Highway 20 Association have seen fit to provide our town with a bypass, Sac City will surely grow
Curtis Bloes, Editor
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