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.

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