Gregory Landon - Vice-Chair

Kathy King

 Cheryl Morigeau

Rhiannon Liberty

The trustees of School District No. 9 met in regular session Tuesday, October 07, 2008 in the library of the main school building.

Members Present: Boone Cole, Greg Landon, Kathy King, Cheryl Morigeau

Members Absent: Rhiannon Liberty

Others Present: Shannon Murphy, Jan Rasmussen, Bonni Priddy, Christine Eichert, Danielle Lindquist

The agenda was adopted.

The minutes of the September 02, 2008 meeting were approved.

Delegations: None

Public Comment: None

Daycare/Preschool Report: Bonni stated that all is going well. Activities coming up at the center include a Halloween party on the 30^th, and the center will be sponsoring a fundraiser through Home and Garden. The students will be selling candles on-site and many other items are available for purchase on-line.

Reading First Report: Jan explained the yearly district reading goal, which is 83% of the students to reach benchmark by yearend. She also informed the board of a workshop being held on October 22 to address differential instruction to assist teachers with the reading program.

Classroom Report: Chris Eichert, teacher of grades 5 – 8 gave a full report of events taking place in her classes. Her 5^th and 6^th grade students are participating in the Reading First program on a continuous basis. The 7^th and 8^th grade Language Art students read Maniac McGee and are now reading Hoot, a book addressing issues such as bullying and problems students that are new to a school face. Miss Eichert and her class just finished publishing the first issue of The Bison Ink, our student created newsletter. Chris puts a lot of emphasis on GEAR UP in her classroom, constantly encouraging students to look ahead, to plan for their future. Students in 7^th & 8^th History class are currently working on a Latin American project. Some 7 - 8 students seem to think they would like to be the teacher. So, their next project will be creating four lesson plans about Mexico and then each student, in turn, will teach the lesson to the rest of the class. The 5^th and 6^th grade students have been studying Egypt through an imaginary journey. All students in grades 5^th – 8^th have been participating in activities centered around the Presidential Election. These students will have an opportunity to vote on-line in a mock election. PE classes are focused on physical fitness skills including goal setting, timed ½ mile runs, pushups and reaching those set goals. Health class features the hazards of cigarette smoking and building graphs for surveys.

Eighth Grade Student Report: Danielle Lindquist introduced herself as an 8^th grade student that has attended our school since the 4^th grade and plans to attend high school in Charlo. Danielle listed the things that make Dixon School the best; it is a fun, safe school, it is easy to make friends here and that she gets along well with all the teachers. She enjoys all of her studies, which includes pre algebra, college facts, language arts, reading the new book Hoot and studying pollution in science and Latin America in world geography. Danielle’s future plans are to become a doctor.

Claims: All claims were approved for payment

Daycare Infant Care Program Payment Policy: The new policy was adopted.

Approval to Purchase Van: The purchase of a van was tabled until more information is available.

Policies: The 1^st reading on policies #2332, 2335, 2^nd reading on #2321, 2322, 2330 were accepted with noted changes.

Information Items:

· Dates to Remember were handed out by Mr. Faroni

· Mr. Faroni explained the incentive he provided to the classrooms to encourage their parents to come to parent/teacher conferences. The Kindergarten class won the boom box with 100% parental attendance.

The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.

(October, 2008)