CALL TO ORDER

Present: Pillatzki, Tebben, Weber, Funderburg, Gentile, Mitchell (late)

Also present: Superintendent Bob Munsterman, Principal Jon Fulton, Principal

Kipp Stender, Principal Scott Sawatzky, Principal Renae Tostenson Brenda Domeier, Lisa Bungarden, Ray Farwell, Ethel Shelstad, Dawn Mork, Julie Dahle, Paul Tjepkes, Deb Koester,

Ron Koester, Kristyanna Brandriet, Angie Comes, Janelle

Patzer, Judy Olson, Bev Struxness and Thomas Hastad.

AGENDA

Gentile moved, Pillatzki seconded to approve the agenda. Motion carried.

MINUTES

Funderburg moved, Gentile seconded to approve the minutes of the regular meeting

of September 24, 2007. Motion carried.

FINANCIAL REPORT

Brenda Domeier, Director of Finance, reported on enrollment, MARSS submission,

07-08 budget.

CLAIMS

Pillatzki moved, Funderburg seconded to approve the claims totaling $139,115.82 and manual checks totaling $31,763.98 for a grand total of $170,879.80. Motion carried.

INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT

Pillatzki moved, Tebben seconded to approve the agreement with Ray Farwell, School Administrative Specialty Services, for Interim Superintendent Services from November 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Motion carried.

STUDENT COUNCIL

Student Council Representative Thomas Hastad gave the board an update on Student Council activities.

SPANISH TRIP

Gentile moved, Fundeburg seconded to approve the Spanish Trip to Costa Rica as presented.

EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MASTER AGREEMENT 2007-09

Funderburg moved, Mitchell seconded to approve the 2007-09 Master Agreement with the Lac qui Parle Education Association as presented by the Negotiations Committee. Motion carried.

PERSONNEL

Pillatzki moved, Mitchell seconded to approve the following personnel items as presented. Motion carried.

Hire Laura Gooch Head Speech Coach

Jenna Pulkrabek Assistant Speech Coach

Laura Gooch Assistant Knowledge Bowl

Laura Gooch 3 Act Play Co-Director

Jenna Pulkrabek 3 Act Play Co-Director

Lori Schroeder Assistance Dance

JANELLE PATZER LEAVE REQUEST

Fundeburg moved, Gentile seconded to approve the request from Janelle Patzer for an extended leave as presented. Motion carried.

SMSU COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES

Gentile moved, Tebben seconded to approve the 2007-08 concurrent enrollment program agreement with SMSU to provide college credit courses at LqPV High School. Motion carried.

SNOW REMOVAL CONTRACTORS

Funderburg moved, Mitchell seconded to approve the following snow removal contractors for the 2007-08 season. Motion carried.

Appleton Borstad Snow Removal

MMN Dominic Fernholz

REPORTS

Superintendent Robert Munsterman reported on 2007-08 enrollment and class size information, general fund revenue & expenditure data, MSBA, SW/WC Board nominations, construction class house, Appleton Boiler project, thanked the board and staff on his career as an administrator at LqPV.

Principal Jon Fulton reported on Parent/Teacher conferences, School-To-Work and 9^th grade job shadow.

Principal Kipp Stender reported on Parent/Teacher conferences and the Veteran’s Day Program.

Principal Renae Tostenson reported on the boiler project, Drug Awareness Week and Parent/ Teacher Conferences.

Principal Scott Sawatzky reported on conferences, middle school grant money, Veterans Day Program, fall sports.

Education Representatives Deb Koester, Angie Comes and Julie Dahle reported on activities in the buildings.

Bev Struxness, Community Education Director, reported on Child Guide, ESL and ECFE Staff.

Mitchell moved, Pillatzki seconded to adjourn.

_______________________________________________

Jeff Funderburg, Clerk

JF/lb