Regular meeting began at 7:00 pm in the high school library.

Noted this was American Education Week and to let your teachers, aides and support staff you appreciate them.  Also noted that Principal Appreciation Day is Friday, November 16.

Approval of Minutes
Regular meeting minutes of October 10, 2007 were approved.

Hearings of Invited Individuals/Groups
Erin Hollowell lead a presentation with three student council members of the RSVP program they hope to implement in the high school during this school year.  RSVP (Raising Student Voice & Participation) is a program the students learned about at a recent student government conference in Anchorage.

Reports
Student representative, Melina Meyer, reported that student council sold candy grams for Halloween; working on a mosaic art project in the commons as a service project;  November 20th is Talent night; Homecoming is January 18th; fundraisers include selling otter pops and Kiss the Goat (by a staff member whose can receives the most money!)
Jim Kasch, City Council representative ­ no report, city council had meeting same night.

Administrative Reports
Elementary ­ (Mr. Wicks)   current enrollment is 201; playground update: $193,012.18 raised to date; students of the quarter were recognized November 5th; carnival was a huge success, many thanks to Gay Hahn and the PTA for organizing this fundraiser for the playground; parent/teacher conferences were held November 7-9; St Elias dancers from Yakutat performed for the students; Indian Education committee reviewed the Parent Advisory committee by-laws and next years grant.  Book Fair started today and runs through Friday; evacuation drill was conducted November 9 and all students were out of the building and into the Forest Service building within four minutes.  Next site council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 20, 4:00 pm in room 8.  Students in grades 3-4 and 5-6 have started reading for the Battle of the Books.  Gretchen Carpenter and Paul Bednarz are facilitating this activity.  Animal shaped reflector tape is being provided for students as a safety precaution.  Landscape architect, Chris Mertl, and an engineer, Chris Gianotti,  were here Monday, November 12, looking over the elementary playground site to help up us come up with a workable plan and cost for the new playground.

High School ­ (Mr. Jacobsen) enrollment count is 200; fire drill conducted November 6th; working on attendance issues (unexcused); next site council is scheduled for November 29, 5:00 pm, high school library; student of the quarter recipients have been selected.  Upcoming events include several wrestling competitions out of town and basketball begins their first practice November 26 with the first home games scheduled December 7-8 against Glennallen.

Technology ­ (Mr. Zamudio) parent meetings held October 23 & 25 for families wishing to allow their children internet access outside of the schoolís network.  Scheduling individual meetings to accommodate those families who were unable to attend.  Application process has begun for the E-Rate program.  Our RFP has been posted for internet services and our current contract with GCI ends June 30, 2008.

Superintendent ­ (Mr. Nygaard) traveled to Anchorage with the Board for the annual conference, no other travel expected for the rest of this month.  Have met with the staff of both schools giving them an update on various issues, ie insurance deductibles & summer insurance for classified employees, CIP, budget process.  QS2 project will soon have a survey for students in grades 6-12, permission slips have been sent home to parents.  Pleased with progress of budget work to date.  Numbers continue to be conservative as we are dependent upon student count and legislative support.  Beneficial workshop with the city council on CIP projects, mainly Mt. Eccles renovation.  Student count was due into the state by November 9 (408 ADM).  Lunch program audit was today with only a few minor items to fix, should have the report back in about 30 days.   November 20 is a meeting to discuss potential district baseball/softball team.  Special education teachers are currently involved with a demonstration of web based IEP program for the state to do virtual audits.  May be implemented this summer.  Looking into waste oil burners for the district.  Will start work on the curriculum mapping after Christmas.  Will also have new school calendar recommendations for the next year probably at the January meeting.  Have been receiving a lot of calls lately to have students/staff do surveys from various entities.  Some surveys we can do and some we cannot do.  We just cannot do all the surveys being requested.
Financial Reports
October 2007 financial statement noted.   Would like to merge the general account and student account into one account.  Attending the TRS/PERS conference Nov 13-15 in Juneau.  Airline miles have been transferred to our EasyBiz account.
* Invoice payment to National School Boards   Action
          Association
No motion made
* Sweep CHSSA Activities Account    Action
Approved (5-0)

New/Unfinished Business
* Resolution #08-01 Changing Activities Divisions   Action
Approved (5-0)

* Stipend Reimbursements ­ J Boerger, J Hamberger, Action
      L Hopkins, D Roemhildt
  Approved (5-0)

* FY07 Audit Acceptance       Action
                Approved (5-0)

* 2007-08 Budget Revision      Action
Approved (5-0)

* 2008-09 School Operating Budget     Action
  Approved (5-0)

* Policy 3300 Expenditures/Expending Authority  Information
  Noted

* Policy Manual Section 4000, Personnel    Information
Noted

Miscellaneous/Pending
December meeting ­ December 12
January meeting ­ January 14 (Monday)

Meeting adjourned 9:50 pm
Summary is done as a courtesy to the community and in no way should be construed as the approved meeting minutes.