USD 377 BOARD HIGHLIGHTS

Unified School District #377 Board of Education

306 Main Street, Effingham, KS 66023  

BOARD HIGHLIGHTS - SPECIAL SESSION MEETING - MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2014, 7:00 PM

Miscellaneous Action Items

• Appointed Lori Lanter to fill the District #3 Board of Education Vacancy
• Approved the JSH Faculty Handbook and the JSH Activity Handbook
• Approved a total 1.43% salary package increase for classified hourly, supervisors and building level admin

Personnel Action Items Approved

Resignations/Separations

• Dawn Lowe, ES Cook
• Brenda Royer, 2nd Grade Teacher – Retirement effective at the conclusion of the 2014-2015 school year
• Mike Eckert – JH Head Girls Basketball Coach, effective immediately
•  Megan Weishaar - HS Head Cheer Sponsor, resignation effective immediately

Supplemental Contracts Extended

• Stacie Scherer – HS Assistant Girls Basketball
• Sterling Jackson - Head High School Boys Basketball  
• Cheri Hawk - HS Cheer Sponsor
• Patrick Bramhall - JH Head Girls Basketball

Certified Teaching Contracts

• Stacy Gaskell – JSH Math Teacher

Classified Contracts Extended

• Jennifer Otte – Regular Route Bus Driver
• Rhonda Thorpe – Elementary aide
• Mary Sullivan, JSH Academic Coach

Substitutes Approved for the 2014-2015 Schoo Year

• Cooks: Joan Allen, Valitta Miller, Pam Roudebush
•  Maintenance: Don Stauart, Haleigh Carlton, Randy Heineken        
• Bus Drivers: Jeff Hoffman, John Oakleaf, Chuck Gruver, Joe Worthington
• Deb Falk long term substitute for Jaime Swendson

Other Items

• The board authorized Mr. Wiseman to proceed with replacing the elementary boiler which was damaged earlier this summer after a pipe broke and flooded the basement resulting in damage to the boiler and hot water heater.  Currently, Mr. Wiseman is in negotiations with the insurance company over a fair settlement.  The insurance company has offered a total of $40,000 to replace the hot water heater and repair the boiler.  The point of contention stems from a 2012 letter sent out by Burnham Commercial Boilers warning owners about the extent of damage that could be caused to boilers submerged in water.