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Board members who have served on the Board for 12 or more consecutive months are required to obtain a minimum of six hours of training by December 31 of each calendar year. Board members who are elected to serve an initial or noncontinuous term have to obtain a minimum of nine hours of training by December 31 of the year following their election and six hours of training by December 31 of each calendar year thereafter. Hours obtained in excess of the required minimums may be carried over through December 31 of the third calendar year following the year in which the hours were earned.
Under the previous policy protocol hadn’t been established to handle a board member whose training wasn’t current. Under the new policy the Superintendent would officially alert the board member if their training is not up to speed. The board member would then have 30 days to make up the training hours or be removed from the board, except under special circumstances such as military service or a serious medical condition.
Under other school board news the board approved a blanket amount of 22 routine purchases for specific services, curriculum and professional development. Board policy requires action for purchases in excess of $10,000, in addition to certain bidding procedures for many purchases.
Each purchase has to be approved by the board and Superintendent of Mountain Home Public Schools, Dr. Jake Long, who says the blanket approval will streamline the process of paying vendors on time, without having to wait until the next school board meeting. He says board approval of all 22 items makes sense because bills come frequently between board meetings.
The board adjourned shortly, then proceeded with a grievance procedure, to address a filing by an employee of the district. The employee was not present. City Attorney Roger Morgan was in charge of the proceeding and noted since the employee who filed the grievance wasn’t there the meeting could publicly proceed.
Attorney for the Mountain Home School District Marshall Ney summed up the grievance by saying the employee filed it due to a reprimand received. Ney essentially argued since the reprimand didn’t have any adverse employment action, such as the employee being fired, he recommends the board dismiss the grievance. The board unanimously agreed and the hearing was over.
The board also approved the transfer of ten students out of the district and approved two coming in.
The Board adjourned into executive session and approved a number of resignations and new hires. To see a full list of those individuals, click here.
In addition, Janet Wood was selected as the interim administrator of Mountain Home Kindergarten for the 2017-2018 school year. She was named the district’s Research and Development Specialist two years ago after serving as athletic director for 11 years.
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