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Show School. "Board i The Boark of Education, Nebo School District, met in regular session in the District Office, Spanish Fork, Utah, on Monday, September 14, 1970, at 5:30 p.m. President William H. Sorenson was preRoll call showed all members siding. present. Superintendent Joe A. Reidhead and Jr. Clerk-Treasure- r,. were also present. LeRoy Whitehead, Invocation: President William H. Sorenson. Agenda Item No. 1: The Clerks tentative notes of the meeting held on August 10, 1970, were approved as read. Motion: Lynn Crook Seconded Dr. J. Robert Hogan That the minutes of August 10, 1970, be approved as read. Voting unanimous. Agenda Item No. 2: Claims amounting to $116,355.24 (Vouchers 4275 to 4508 inclusive) were approved for payment. Motion: Ray S. Whiting Seconded Glenn W. Coffman That the above claims be approved as presented. Voting unanimous. Agenda Item No. 3: LeRoy Whitehead, Jr., presented to the Board a brief summary of the financial condition of the District to date, reporting the receipt of final state uniform school monies for school year 1969-7- 0 and the first apportionment of the 1970-7- 1 uniform school monies. Agenda Item No. 4: Communications from the Board. Item No. 4A: Board Member, Ray S. Whiting, reported his satisfaction as to how nice the school buildings and grounds looked this fall for the beginning of school. He expressed special recognition for the progress of the landscaping of the Mapleton Elementary School and the excellent appearance of this new school building. Item No. 4B: Board Member, Dr. J. Robert Hogan, reported a problem with the modular scheduling at the Payson There is a problem due to High School. the scheduling of some classes during the lunch hour. It was pointed out that meals were being served from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to provide a lunch for students who have scheduled a class during the regular lunch hour of 12:00 to 1:00. Even with this arrangement there are a few students with only a fifteen minute lunch break. Agenda Item No. 5: Delegations Item No. 5A: Representatives from the Utah County Board of Health including Dr. Seth Smoot, Administrator; Dr. Moreno Robbins, Chairman; Mrs. Idona Holman, Nurse Supervisor and Mr. Glenn Sagers, Assistant Health Officer, met with the Clerk-Treasur- Board to discuss various problems regarding the working relationship between the Utah County Board of Health and Nebo It was a concern of the School District. Nebo Board of Education as to whether the immunization program that has in the past been performed in the schools should be a function of the schools or should city or community type clinics be used. Other problems of concern related to the reluctance of local physicians to take part in the immunization program. They have expressed their reluctance to expose themselves to possible liability suits that are a potential in the immunization program. Other areas of concern Had to do with the contrast of the budget periods between the School District and the County Board of Health, the School District being on the fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 and the County Board of Health being on the calendar year January to December. This makes it very awkward for the School District to meet any increases in salaries or increases in budgets that may be adopted in January in the middle of the District budget year anywhere from six to eight months after their current budget had been adopted. Dr. Seth Smoot and Dr. Moreno Robbins expressed their views regarding the problems at hand and offered to cooperate in any way possible to help solve the problems. Dr. Smoot indicated that to help facilitate theimmunizationprogram within Nebo School District the vaccine could be purchased by the County. Then upon payment of the individuals receiving this vaccine, the cost could be paid to the County for the number of shots administered. Dr. Smoot felt that a difference in various vaccines appeared to be the cause of some of the reactions that children had experienced, causing concern by the doctors. Dr. Smoot also indicated that T.B. testing will be provided for seventh or eighth graders. Also, the serum is available for testing all employees if the District will furnish the syringes for applica tion. 5B: Mrs. Blanche Hawkins, of the Benjamin and Lake Shore schools met before the Board to discuss a grievance that she had regarding her placement on the newly adopted salary schedule that had been instigated last year. Superintendent Reidhead reported that Mrs. Hawkins had contacted him regarding this grievance and he had ruled that the procedure used for placing Mrs. Hawkins on the secretary salary schedule had been equitable .with other secretaries of the District and that her request to be placed at a higher step had been denied. Motion: Lynn Crook Seconded Dr. J. Robert Hogan That the action taken by Superintendent Reidhead be supported in holding to the salary step. However, due to the new condition of traveling between the Benjamin and Lake Shore schools created new this year, a travel allowance of 9? per mile would be allowed for the secretary and librarian of these two Voting schools for one trip per day. Item No. Secretary unanimous. Item No. 5C: Mr. Richard Taylor and Mr. Cleve Bingham of Spanish Fork met with the Board to discuss the maintenance of the Spanish Fork High School building and grounds. Mr. Taylor, spokesman, of expressed his concern as to the lack failure and school building maintaining this to' keep it in good repair. He pointed out various areas that needed attention, indiof cating that due to the intricate type their new of these buildings, equipment heating and bell systems, that this required more custodial help to keep these buildings functioning. To sweep and dust the nearly live acres of building and to maintain and keep the nearly forty acres of grounds around the buildings in a presentable manner was more than three custodians could handle. He suggested additional help be obtained to meet the needs of not only this school site but also the other sites in the District. Agenda Item No. 6: Old Business Item No. 6A: Mr. Sidney S. Gilbert and Mr. Doyle Judd of Gardner, Squire and Gilbert Certified Public Accountants of Provo, Utah, auditors for the Nebo School District for the past fiscal year, met with the Board and presented their audit Mr. Gilbert discussed report for 1969-7- 0. with the Board the balance sheet and revenue and expenditure Summaries, pointing out the remaining balances and the operation of the District financial picture for last year. Mr. Gilbert reported that all functions of the financial procedure had been handled in a proper and acceptablemanner and that their audit had been conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and other such auditing procedures as they considered necessary under the circumstances. Motion: Lynn Crook Seconded Glenn W. Coffman That the audit report of Gardner, Squire and Gilbert Certified Public Accountants be accepted as presented. Voting unanimous. Item No. 6B: Mr. Boyd Goodrich, Director of Instruction for Nebo School District, along with Mr. LaMar Wilson, Mrs. Doris Kenison, Mrs. Georganna Huff, Mr. Lee Hill and Mr. Harold Bartlett represented the Teacher Leadership Committee appointed to establish the guidelines and to call for applications for the Teacher Leadership Program for NeboSchoolDis-tri- ct Mr. for the school year 1970-7- 1. Goodrich reported to the Board the procedure used in establishing guidelines for applications and the procedure used to screen the applications that had been submitted. They submitted their recommendations to the Board. The Board approved the following teacher leadership appointments: Language Arts & English, Mr. B. Davis Evans; Social Studies, Mr. Robert Bowen; Music, Elmo Keck; Art, Rell Francis; Physical Education, Mike Jacobson; Home Making, Virginia Stewart; Science, Mack Slye; Industrial Arts, Lee Hill; Reading, Glen Poulsen, David Gledhill, Wayne Herlin, Welsford Clark and Doris Kenison; Vocational World of Work, John Youd; Community School, Dean Allan and Blaine Montague; Curriculum Coordinator for Middle Schools, Eugene Johnson and Neil Losser; Cur- riculum Coordinator for Elementary Schools, Thomas Hudson, Dee Stevenson, Dale Osborn; Lake Shore Head Teacher, Blaine Bradford; Benjamin Head Teacher, Ardell DeHart; Creativity, Jack Leifson; Lavinia Kanig; Drivers Accountability, Training, Fenton Billings; Maturation and Drug Education, Richard Drollinger; Trades and Industry, George Cheever; Reading, Sharon Haag. Motion: Dr. J. Robert Hogan Seconded Glenn W. Coffman That the above list of appointments for Teacher Leadership positions be approved. Voting unanimous. Item No. 6C: Superintendent Reidhead reported to the Board the results of the two appraisals for school site property that had been requested. He pointed out the asking price of the owner and compared this with the appraised prices listed by the concerns conducting the It was the consensus of the appraisal. Board that this decision be tabled at this time for further consideration. Agenda Item No. 7: New Business Item No. 7A: Mr. J. Wayne Nelson, Coordinator of Instruction, and Mr. Paul Curtis, Social Worker for Nebo School District, met with the Board to discuss a Career Development Program which had been funded to aid the low income adults who had for the past several years been working in the Head Start Program and was now available to these individuals to develop skills that would aid them in increasing their financial position. They reported that this was a joint grant with Provo and Alpine school districts covering a twenty-mon- th period of time and came under the direction of the Headstart Program. The people eligible to participate in this program covered an area between the ages of 0. Motion: Dr. J. Robert Hogan Seconded Glenn W. Coffman That the Career Development Program be accepted with the understanding that it would terminate at the end of the twenty-monprogram. Voting unanimous. Item No. 7B: Superintendent Reidhead presented to the Board a request from the National Committee to support the Federal Impacted Aid Program. The Board was not in favor of supporting the position of the National Committee. Item No. 7C: Superintendent Reidhead reported that BYU students were participating in a project at Santaquin City to help clean up and paint homes of elderly people. This program included the removing of old car bodies and giving the town a complete face lifting. Various agencies were being called upon to support this project; for example, the County Is bringing in equipment to help remove old trees and dispose of them. Nebo School District was asked to furnish ten school buses to transport these students from Provo to Santaquin and return. Motion: Lynn Crook Seconded Ray S. Whiting That the approval to furnish the ten school buses be approved pending the approval of the use of these buses for this type' of purpose from the State Department of Instruction. Voting unanimous. Item No. 7D: Superintendent Reidhead read to the Board a new Spanish Fork City ordinance relative to activities which would be prohibited on all public property. Item No. 7E: Superintendent Reidhead discussed with the Board the transportation needs for the coming year, Outlining to them the need for additional large capacity buses. He reported how satisfactorily the two new 84 passenger buses were working out on the runs they were assigned to. Superintendent Redihead re- - THE CHRONICLE Thuraday, October 1, 1970 PAYSON 3 viewed a proposal made by the Bluebird Bus Company wherein they would furnish buses for the coming year at the same price as quoted for this current year if the order could be placed in the near future and that for $300.00 per bus additional the capacity could be increased from 84 to 90 passengers. Motion: Dr. J. Robert Hogan Seconded Ray S. Whiting That the Superintendent take advantage of the offer of the Bluebird Bus Company to furnish one or more 90 passenger buses for next year at the present quoted price not to exceed the fund in the transportation budget for the replacement of buses in this current year budget. Voting unanimous. Item No. 7F: Superintendent Reidhead discussed with the Board a new concept developing on contractual education. He pointed out that World Wide Research had contacted him to offer free consultive services to research the possibility of establishing such a school in Nebo School District. The organization was represented by Mr. Jeff Eastman and Mr. J. C. Moffitt. He pointed out the possible strengths and weaknesses of this type of program. It was the feeling of the Board that they would like to consider this and discuss it at a future meeting before making a decision as to whether Nebo School District would be interested in investigating this approach. Item No. 7G: Superintendent Reidhead discussed with the Board the Foster Grandparent Program that is being provided to the schools of Nebo School District through the Office of Economic Opportunity. The program is being funded by this organization and all payments to these people were being made bytheOEO. contribu However, as part of the in-ki- nd tion of the participating agency, they requested that free lunches be provided to the Foster Grandparents. Superintendent reported that to date they were unable to find sufficient funds to meet this obligation and had reported to the Foster Grandparent group that they would be unable to furnish their lunches free. Motion: Lynn Crook Seconded Glenn W. Coffman That the Board support the Superintendent in the action to discontinue the lunches but to further investigate any possibilities of funding this portion of the program to maintain the services of these Foster Grandparents. Voting unanimous. Agenda Item No. 8: Superintendents Recommendations Item No. 8A: Superintendent Reidhead requested approval of the Board to bid the replacement of the roofs at the Payson and Springville high schools with Mr. Roy W. Silver as the architect for this project. He pointed out that this approval would be held pending the time table outlined by the attorney as to when the project would be initiated. Motion: Lynn Crook Seconded Ray S. Whiting That the Board give approval to of the Payson and bid the Springville high schools with Mr. Roy W. Silver as architect upon the approval of the attorney to initiate this project. Voting unanimous. Item No. 8B: Superintendent Reidhead requested the Boards approval to fence the track area of the Springville and Pay-so- n athletic tracks and to seal the rubberized tracks of these two schools. He reported that the Thorn Company had the rubberized tracks at both schools and that it was important now that they be sealed in order to preserve them. The fence costs were estimated at $2,575 for the Springville track and at $3,780 for the Payson athletic area. Motion: Glenn W. Coffman Seconded Dr. J. Robert Hogan That the Springville and ed Payson athletic fields be fenced and that the rubberized tracks be given a seal coat. Voting unanimous. Item No. 8C: Superintendent Reidhead presented to the Board a request from the State of Utah, Department of Finance, Utah State Agency for Surplus Property, for a resolution to continue the participation in a surplus property program. Item No. 8D: Superintendent Reidhead presented a recap of substitute teacher salaries of the Alpine, Povo and Nebo school districts with the recommendation that Nebo School District increase their substitute teacher salaries to $14.50 per and $16.50 per day for day for those holding a college degree. Motion: Dr. J. Robert Hogan Seconded Glenn W. Coffman That the recommended increase for substitute teacher salaries be approved. Voting unanimous. Item No. 8E: Superintendent Reidhead asked the Board how many wanted their subscription to the AmericanSchool Board Journal Magazine renewed. Motion:. Dr. J. Robert Hogan Seconded Lynn Crook That the subscription to the" American School Board Journal for all the Board Members be renewed. Voting unan- and their teams to attend the national F.F.A. judging contest in Kansas City, 7. Missouri, on October Voting unanimous. Item No. 8H: Superintendent Reidhead presented a request for authorization to travel to New Orleans to the National Vocational Convention December for the following vocational people and one Board Member. The funds are to be provided by state and federal vocational funds. Mr. A1 Payne, Payson High School; Mr. John Jensen, Spanish Fork High School; Mr. Jack Leifson, Spanish Fork High School; Mr. Stan Burnigham, Springville High School; Mr. Eldon Reese, Vocational 12-1- 11 non-degr- ee Director. Motion: Glenn W. Coffman Seconded Lynn Crook That the above vocational people and one Board Member be approved to go to the National Vocational Convention at New Orleans December Voting unanimous. Item No. 81: Superintendent Reidhead presented to the Board action taken to authorize Mr. Fenton Billings, Mr. Keith Hone and Mr. Ronald Phillips to participate in a work shop tour to Oregon, Washington and California back in August which was at no expense to Nebo School 22 imous. Item No. 8F: Superintendent Reidhead presented to the Board requests for travel for the following vocational teachers and their students to go to Kansas City, Missouri, to the National F.F.A. judging contest: Mr. Robert Brock, Springville High School; Mr. Terry Morrill, Spanish Fork High School; Mr. Ben Winter, Spanish Fork High School; and Mr. Marion C. Manwill, Payson High School. The estimated cost of $300.00 per teacher and team had been budgeted for this trip from the vocational budget. District. Motion: Ray S. Whiting Seconded Dr. J. Robert Hogan That the Board approve the action of the Superintendent in approving the travel request for these three teachers. Voting unanimous. 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