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Call to Order and Roll Call Meeting called to order by President, Byron King, at 7:05 p.m. Present: Byron King, Bernie Buttke, Joe Smith, Carol Peuse and Matt Guse. Also Present: William Perry, Ryan Nelson and Kathy Olson. A. Pledge of Allegiance B. Acknowledgment of Proper Posting Motion by Joe Smith, second by Bernie Buttke acknowledging the proper posting of the October 16, 2012 Board meeting. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. C. Approval of Agenda Motion by Carol Peuse, second by Bernie Buttke to approve the agenda as posted, with the exception of tabling Agenda Item IV B10 and bringing it to next board meeting for the first reading, after the policy committee has a chance to meet to review those policies. Voice vote: 4 yes; Byron King voted no. Motion carried. Approval of Minutes A. September 17, 2012 Motion by Byron King, second by Matt Guse to approve the minutes of the September 17, 2012 Board meeting. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. Citizen Comments 1. A thank you card was acknowledged from the Rose Guse family for the memorial plant. 2. Jan Charles, a Nurse Care Manager, shared a presentation on air-quality regarding the possible sand mine that may be established right down the road on Cty Rd R from the school. She presented an OSHA fact sheet regarding the possible lung problems that could show up in 15 to 20 years’ time, from silica sand mines. Some of the information shared was based from the sand mines that are in place in Minnesota; she stated that Minnesota is ahead of Wisconsin regarding air quality control. 3. Vaughn Nagahashi presented his concern with the aquatics portion of the sand mines coming in to the area. His concern is with the volume of water used and what it could do to the area water supply. Board Business A. Financial Business 1. Approval of Receipts and Vouchers (Funds 10, 30, 60) Motion by Matt Guse, second by Bernie Buttke to approve fund 10, general fund, vouchers #52652 - #52922, August receipts #264685 - #264699 and September receipts #264700 - #264732. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. Motion by Carol Peuse, second by Byron King to approve fund 30, building debt, wire transfer #201200004 and #201200006 to Wells Fargo. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. Motion by Bernie Buttke, second by Carol Peuse to approve fund 60, student activity account checks #11270 - #11312 and receipts #9638 - #9675. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. 2. Approve Tax Levy (Mill Rate) Motion by Joe Smith, second by Bernie Buttke to set the 2012-13 Augusta School District mill rate at 12.66471 and to set the tax levy at $3,163,339. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. B. Action/Informational Items 1. Wildlands School Yearly Report Paul Tweed had a hand out summarizing with graphs the WKCE study of the students testing results. He shared that the students are doing very well test-wise with everyone basically doing above average to proficient and advanced with the exception in the area of math “computation”. Paul Tweed shared that they have changed their curriculum to incorporate more of the computation-type of learning. 2. Resignation(s) Motion by Matt Guse, second by Joe Smith to accept the resignation of Ms. Rebecca Sabelko as Sr. High Forensic coach. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. 3. Long-Term Substitute Aide Contract

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Motion by Matt Guse, second by Byron King to hire Mrs. Katie Ives as a long-term substitute special education aid for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. 5. Youth Options Requests Motion by Byron King, second by Matt Guse to approve the youth options requests as presented for all juniors and seniors who requested it. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. 6. Main Street Gym Boiler Repair Mr. Perry shared that the boiler is not working yet because of the insulation they have to replace. The original insulation was water damaged. It is to arrive October 17th or 18th. The weather has been cooperative, so they have only had to re-arrange a couple of events at the community center. Motion by Carol Peuse, second by Byron King to approve the Main Street Gym boiler report at a cost of $25,000. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. (Carol Peuse asked if the other old boiler at community center is a working boiler. Mr. Perry stated it is not; it would cost too much to remove from the building because of its size.) 7. Substitute Teacher Pay Mr. Perry suggested the daily-rate pay for substitute teachers be raised to $95.00 per day, not knowing if the money amount is part of the lack of available substitute teachers – or if there are just that many less substitutes available. Motion by Carol Peuse, second by Matt Guse to raise the substitute teacher pay from $85.00 per day to $100.00 per day effective immediately. Voice vote: 4 yes; Joe Smith voted no. Motion carried. 8. Inter-District Open Enrollment Busing Request Mr. Al Rinka came to the board with a request that Osseo-Fairchild transportation (bussing) be allowed to come into the School District of Augusta to pick up his children who are open-enrolled to Osseo-Fairchild. He invited Augusta’s School Board and District Administrator to meet with Osseo-Fairchild in order to establish a policy regarding the allowance of a bus from a bordering school district to pick up open-enroll students that live within- say 2 or 3 miles of a district. It was suggested that it could be of interest to both parties since the Augusta School District now picks up students from the Osseo-Fairchild School District who open-enrolled into Augusta. If such a policy was set in place, it could open up those choices with our surrounding districts such as Cadott, Fall Creek, etc. Mr. Rinka stated that since the state statutes have changed regarding open-enrollment, that maybe it was time to look into transportation availability for those open-enrolled students that lived within that “X” amount of miles radius. Our Board said they would be interested in meeting with Osseo-Fairchild. 9. Facility Improvements/Maintenance Projects Mr. Perry shared with the Board that there is a two-heater system at the bus garage. One heater is not working at all and the other is “limping” along. The heating system is very old. Motion by Byron King, second by Carol Peuse to approve the bid from Johnson Controls to complete the bus garage heating project at a cost of $12,500. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. 10. Cluster A Cooperative Agreement Approval Motion by Joe Smith, second by Bernie Buttke to approve the Cluster A Cooperative agreement. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. 11. First Reading of Board Policies: 3122& 4122 Nondiscrimination & Equal Employment Opportunity, 6320 Purchasing, 7540.03 Student Network & Internet Acceptable Use and Safety, 7540.04 Staff Network & Internet Acceptable Use & Safety, 8141 Required Reporting of Staff Conduct, 8330 Student Records, 8405 Environmental Health & Safety Program, 8451Pediculosis (Head Lice), 8462 Student Abuse & Neglect, and 9160 Public Attendance at School Events TABLED AGENDA ITEM Administration Reports A. Elementary Principal Report 1. PBIS Update Mr. Ryan Nelson reported that discipline is down from last year. System seems to be working well. 2. RTI Update

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More students are personally identified for additional needs. This is an eight-week program offered at this time. 3. PLC Update This is a learning communities program. Every Friday morning from 7:45 to 9:00, non-classroom teachers are used to supervise groups of students to enable classroom teachers to meet and discuss common core standards. 4. Math Review with Ms. Michelle Parks from CESA 10 Ryan Nelson has met with Ms. Michelle Parks and Mrs. Nancy Forseth regarding a review of math for our students. He stated that 26 out of 29 schools use the Trail Blazers program (Augusta uses this). There are three other math programs: Investigation, Everyday Math and Math Expressions. They are all similar programs. Ms. Parks will be meeting with the teachers on October 25 th. B. Middle/High School Principal Report Mr. William Perry presented these reports for Mr. Jason Kestner, as Mr. Kestner was not in attendance due to a school-related prior commitment. 1. PBIS Update The program seems to be doing well. For the middle school students, this is a continuation from the elementary school PBIS program. 2. Fall Activities Update Mr. Kestner will report at the next board meeting. 3. Parent-Teacher conferences Parent-Teachers Conferences will take place October 18th and October 24th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. 4. WKCE Tests Testing will be November 6. More information will be brought to the November meeting. C. District Administrator Report 1. Maintenance Update Mr. Perry shared that he had discussed maintenance issues previously in this meeting. 2. Transportation Update Mr. Perry recommends purchasing a bus this year. He said there will be a bid coming from the company we purchased the last bus from. Carol Peuse asked that additional bids be placed from other companies. Bus driver applicants were interviewed on Tuesday, October 16 to fill a bus driver vacancy. This will be brought to the next board meeting. Mr. Perry stated that there are several people seeking bus driving CDL licenses. There was a shortage of bus drivers, but several people have come forward with interest to drive for extra-curricular events. 3. General Operations Update Things are going well and will continue to look at things that need to be taken care of. Convene into Executive Session Under Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 (1) (b) (c) (f) (g) for the Purpose of Discussing 2012-13 Administration & Supervisory Contracts Motion by Joe Smith , second by Matt Guse at 9:05 p.m. to convene into Executive session under Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 (1) (b) (c) (f) (g) for the purpose of discussing 2012-13 administration and supervisory contracts. Roll call vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. Reconvene into Open Session to Take Action on Items Noted According to Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 (1) (b) (c) (f) (g) Motion by Matt Guse, second by Byron King at 9:25 p.m. to reconvene into Open session where action may be taken. Roll call vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. No action taken. Set Future Board Meeting Dates A. November 7, 2012 – Policy Committee Meeting – 3:15 p.m. B. November 12, 2012 – Regular Board Meeting – 7:00 p.m. C. December 18, 2012 – Regular Board Meeting – 7:00 p.m. Adjournment Motion by Matt Guse, second by Joe Smith at 9:26 p.m. to adjourn. Voice vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Motion carried. Mr. Bernie Buttke – Augusta School Board Clerk