December 10 public meeting set for East Newton bond issue proposal

(From East Newton R-6 School District)

As part of the continued efforts in keeping the patrons informed, the East Newton R-VI Schools administration will provide monthly information concerning Board meetings.

A recap of the November, 2015 regular meetings is as follows:

Recognitions: Patriot Pride Award – Chloe Ferguson, student at

Triway and Amy Tanner patron from Granby (Shown in photos with board member Terry Clarkson

Public Comments: None

The Board approved the Consent Agenda, including the previous month Board minute and monthly bills, Substitute teacher list, RFQ for Architecture, and Surplus Property.

Program Evaluations: Early Childhood Special Education Program, and Career Education was postponed until December.

Reports:

Financial Report

Enrollment & Attendance for the end of October. Enrollment was 1,364 K-12. Triway campus with 379, Granby campus with 513, and the High School with 472. Overall attendance percentage was 94.9

District and Building APR

National FFA Convention (recap) was postponed until December

Under Old Business, the Board discussed the 1st reading of MSBA policy updates. The Board discussed the options for an April “no tax increase” bond issue. The Board wanted to hold a community meeting in December to let patrons give input on what they would like to see for projects. Approximately $4 million will be generated by the “no tax increase” bond issue. The meeting will be held on December 10 at 7:00 PM at the high school cafeteria.

Last under old business was a discussion regarding the high school campus being connected to the Newton County PW District with regards to their upgrades from the passage of their November Bond Issue.

In respect to New Business, the Board approved postponing the selection of the John T. Belcher Scholarship applicant until December. The Board approved the filing dates for Board candidates with respect to the April Board election. Opening dates for filing is December 15 to January 19. Filing will take place on dates the central office is open. The Board approved Bill Kirby as Homeless Liaison and Darren Cook as Migrant/ELL coordinator. The Board approved the school audit and then approved a new Budget amendment. Last on the agenda was to discuss a better way to handle public comments on the agenda in case we have a patron wishing to speak.

The Board then went into Executive Session pursuant to RSMo. 610.021: Paragraph 3 Employees


The next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday December 17 at 7:00 p.m. at Central Office.

For Questions regarding the Board meeting you may call Central Office 417-472-6231 or email Todd
McCrackin mccrackint@mail.enr6.k12.mo.us