WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
May 3, 2018
Conference Call
Board Members Participating: Keri
Clark, Michelle Farrell, Cindy Bennett, Dennis Mathews, Yang-su Cho, Greg Szabo
and Nancy McDaniel.
Board Members Absent: Ed Snook,
Berl Colley and Reg George.
Ex-Officio Members Participating: Marci
Carpenter (National Federation of the Blind of WA), Joleen Ferguson (Washington
Council of the Blind), Krista Bulger (Parent Representative), Jennifer Butcher
(WSSB Teachers Association) and Jim Eccles (WA Federation of State Employees
Local #1225).
Ex-Officio Members Absent: N/A
WSSB Staff Members Participating: Scott
McCallum (Superintendent), Mrs. Jennifer Langley (Director of Curriculum and Instruction),
and Janet Kurz (recording secretary).
Dennis called
the meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Business Meeting
Old Business
Board of Trustees meeting minutes–March 16, 2018: Nancy moved to approve the minutes as
submitted; Greg seconded the motion. The
minutes were approved unanimously.
New Business
Student Awards:
Jennifer discussed each nominee in greater detail.
Board of Trustees Award:
Discussion was held regarding nominations. Cindy nominated Klaira Perez
for the Board of Trustees award; Michelle seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Roy J. Brothers Award:
Discussion was held regarding nominations. Cindy nominated Rafa Perez for
the Roy J. Brothers award. Keri seconded
the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
Rodney B. Humble Outreach Award:
Discussion was held regarding nominations. Jim nominated Trista
Heatherington for the Rodney B. Humble Outreach award. Nancy seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Scott commended the Board for their decision making process.
Miscellaneous
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Cindy is coming to the end of
her first term on the Board. She is not
planning to seek a second term. Cindy
said she enjoyed meeting everyone and serving on the Board. Cindy thanked the Board for being
professional role models.
The next
Board meeting will be held on June 1 at 12:00pm. There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned at 8:10 pm.
Dennis Mathews, Chair Scott
McCallum, Superintendent