Board of Trustees

Fortuna Elementary School District

Don Brown      Rich Barsanti         Janice Olkin          Ken Steele         Marilyn Strehl

October 17, 2013

Minutes

Members Present:	
				Trustee Rich Barsanti
				Trustee Janice Olkin
				Trustee Ken Steele
				Trustee Marilyn Strehl
				Trustee Tina Taylor
				Superintendent Patti Hafner

Administration Present:	Jeff Northern, Julie Johansen, Amy Betts and Oscar Mendez

Others Present:  See attached sign in sheet

1.0	Call to Order
Meeting called to order by Chairman Ken Steele at 6:16p.m.

2.0 Flag Salute was conducted
      Moment of Silence was conducted for employee, Brenda Grant

3.0  Adjustments to the Agenda-
      Move item 9.4 after Superintendent’s Report (5.2)

4.0  Information:
      4.1 Haley Benbow- Toddy Thomas Student Council Report
      4.2 Katie Metzger- Fortuna Middle Student Council Report

5.0   Superintendent’s Report- Dr. Hafner reported about the Deficit with the Cafeteria 	Program and the discussions with the cafeteria managers.

      5.1 Superintendent Awards-
       Mrs. Belluscio presented Adal Solano, 4th grader from South School as award winner
       Julie Johansen presented JB Lewis, 8th grader from Toddy Thomas
 `5.2  (10.4) It is recommended that the Board take public input on the Redwood Prep 	Charter Renewal Application to be forwarded to counsel for response- Board 	members and parents of students of Redwood Prep made many presentations 	about the programs offered and other information for the Board of Trustees.
	Motion to approve forwarding the response to counsel. Barsanti/Strehl
Ayes: 5 	Nays: 0 	Carried

6.0 Written Reports- submitted
       6.1 Principals’ Reports
       6.2 Kay Chapman’s Report- Introduced new Ameri- corps members working with 	the Family Resource Centers at South and Ambrosini Schools.
       6.3 Autumn Chapman’s Report

7.0 Public Comment- Peter and Crystal Fennell were concerned with the class sizes at Ambrosini School.
Kim Petersen was concerned about the use and rules of cell phones for students

8.0 Board Member Announcements/Committee Reports
     8.1 8th grade Committee Report- Julie Johansen reported 
     8.2 Cheerleading Committee Report- Rich Barsanti reported

9.0 Consent Agenda
9.1 Approval of September 19, 2013 Minutes
9.2 Approval of Warrants
Moved to accepted the Consent Agenda
Ayes: 5 	Nays: 0	Carried

10.0   Information/Action Items
10.1 It is recommended that the Board approve the draft Budget Principles and Assumptions.
Motion to approve the draft Barsanti/Taylor
Ayes: 5 	Nays: 0 	Carried

10.2 It is recommended that the Board approve the Resolution for Common Core Spending Plan Addendum
 Motion to approve the Common Core Spending Plan.   Barsanti/Olkin 
Ayes: 5 	Nays: 0 	Carried

10.3 It is recommended that the Board approve the Resolution Regarding Sufficiency or Insufficiency of Instructional Materials.
Motion to approve the Resolution. Barsanti/Olkin
Ayes: 5 	Nays: 0 	Carried

10.0 	Adjournment to Closed Session
      	Conference with District Negotiator, Patti M. Hafner, regarding FETA Grievance
12.0	Reconvene to Open Session

	No action taken

13.0 Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Patti M. Hafner
Superintendent