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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Rich County School Board Meeting

Kathie B. Anderson, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. July 15, 2015. Policy 604.2: Educators who work in extracurricular activities are paid additional money in accordance with the current salary schedule. Payment is made at the end of the activity season. Ratified.

Interest-based Facilitation: A productive meeting was held with the Classified Employees. A 3.5% settlement was accepted. The salary for activity and route drivers will increase to $10.00 an hour. A motion was made by the Board to change the policy which will be ratified at the August meeting.

Staffing: A motion to accept new teachers passed unanimously.

Speech and Language Teacher
Kathryn (Katie) Mena

Social Studies Teacher
Loren Kennedy

The R & D Cleaning contract was renewed for the 2015-2016 school year.

The athletic fee schedule for 2015-2016 will remain the same. A motion to approve the Fall Athletic Schedule passed unanimously.

Policy 601.3.4.1: When hiring assistant coaches or accepting assistance from volunteers, head coaches are encouraged to seek a person that would serve the program and present names to the building principal for approval. If approved by the building principal, he/she will recommend candidates to the school board for approval. No appointment will be final unless or until approved by the school board. A motion to add “assistant director” to the policy was approved by the Board.

An announcement seeking a new position Head Girls Basketball Coach will be posted immediately. The new coach will hire his/her own assistant.

All teachers and staff will attend the Opening Institute on August 19, 2015. The guest speaker will be Heidi Alder, Legal Council, and Utah Professional Practice Committee, who will speak on Employee Ethics. The workshop will begin at 8:00 a.m. in the Rich High School Auditorium.

The Emergency Preparedness Plan is in place for the upcoming school year.
 
Several summer projects have been completed: New motion sensor LED lighting has been installed, soccer and football fields are being prepared, CO2 and smoke detectors have been installed, drain pipe leakage is being repaired, all new carpeting installed, a section of roof repaired at the high school, and a new marquee will be shipped and installed in August. The Rich School District is accepting bids on a ’94-’95 7/70 tractor.

The School Board thanked Rick Lindt for his hard work getting the schools ready for the new school year. He saved the District a considerable amount of money by doing much of the work himself.

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