Rich County School Board meeting, November

Kathie B.Anderson, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. November 19, 2019.The regularly scheduled Rich County School Board meeting was held and all Board Members were in attendance with outgoing Board Member Cyndi Caldwell via phone. 

Superintendent Dale Lamborn introduced Michelle Hatch and Emily Conk.   Hatch is the Kindergarten Teacher at South Rich Elementary School and  Conk is the Kindergarten Teacher at North Rich Elementary School.  Both Kindergarten classes achieved 100% scores on the State Dibble Benchmark Test.   Dibbles are measures that help teachers and schools determine how students are performing on important reading and math skills.  Dibble stands for Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. 

James Gilbert, Rich County School District Certified Public Accountant, discussed the Financial Statements for the year ending June 30, 2019.

He expressed opinions on these financial statements based on the Gilbert and Stewart Professional Accountants audit.  In their opinion, the basic financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the Rich County School District as of June 30, 2019, and the respective changes in financial position and the respective budgetary comparison for the general fund for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the Government Auditing Standards and in  considering the District’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.   A motion to approve was made by Scott Tollentino and seconded by Scott Sabey.  Motion carried.

Susan House will be the new aide at North Rich Elementary School.   A motion was made by Scott Sabey and seconded by Pete Cornia.  Motion carried.

According to Rick Limb, Physical Plant, the new building projects have a preliminary finish date of January 31, 2020. 

 On November 18, 2019, the Community Coalition meeting was held in the Concurrent Enrollment room at Rich High School.  Taylor Weston recognized several important speakers at this meeting.  David Watkins, Bear Lake Community Health Department gave a presentation on vaping and bullying, CAPSA, (Citizens Against Physical and Sexual Abuse), discussed physical and sexual abuse, and The Family Place gave a presentation regarding a very important Needs Assessment Survey that will be in everyone’s water bill.  It is imperative that this survey be filled out and returned so they know the needs in Rich County.  Judy Hull is our Famiy Place representative for Rich County.
 
 A Wellness Committee consisting of 14 Junior and Senior students for a Youth Counsel was recommended.

Cyndi Calder has officially resigned from the Board.  There will be a special election held. 

The next Rich County School Board meeting will be held on December 17, 2019 at 12:00 in Laketown (North Rich Middle School).