WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
May 4, 2017
Conference Call
Board Members Participating: Keri
Clark, Michelle Farrell, Cindy Bennett, Berl Colley, Dennis Mathews, Ed Snook, and
Nancy McDaniel.
Board Members Absent: Jim Kemp,
Lorna Walsh, and Yang-su Cho.
Ex-Officio Members Participating: Marci
Carpenter (National Federation of the Blind of WA), Joleen Ferguson (Washington
Council of the Blind), and Corey Grandstaff (WA Federation of State Employees
Local #1225).
Ex-Officio Members Absent: Lilly
Longshore (Parent Representative) and Vaughn Brown (WSSB Teachers Association).
WSSB Staff Members Participating: Scott
McCallum (Superintendent), Mr. Sean McCormick (Director of On-Campus Programs),
and Janet Kurz (recording secretary).
Dennis called
the meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Business Meeting
Old Business
Board of Trustees meeting minutes–March 17, 2017: Nancy moved to approve the minutes as
submitted; Keri seconded the motion. The
minutes were approved unanimously.
New Business
Ed provided
an overview of the awards.
Student Awards:
Sean reviewed
the nominations for the student awards.
Board of Trustees Award:
Discussion
was held regarding nominations. Marci moved to approve that the Board of
Trustees nominate two recipients for the Board of Trustees award; Cindy
seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
Cindy
nominated Tanner Deck and Justice Nichols both receive the Board of Trustees
award; Keri seconded the motion. The
motion passed unanimously.
Roy J. Brothers Award:
Discussion
was held regarding nominations. Berl nominated Alexis Payne for the Roy J.
Brothers award. Nancy seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Rodney B. Humble Outreach Award:
Discussion
was held regarding nominations. Michelle nominated Caty
Mangis for the Rodney B. Humble Outreach award. Nancy seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Miscellaneous
·
Berl congratulated the school
for hiring Jeff Bowler as the Short Course Teacher of the Visually Impaired
(TVI). Berl stated that Jeff is very
excited about this opportunity.
·
Berl stated that Joleen will
not be able to attend the June 2 Board meeting.
Washington Council of the Blind (WCB) President, Steve Fiksdal has asked
Denise Colley to attend to represent the WCB.
The next
Board meeting will be held on June 2 at 12:00pm. There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned at 8:25pm.
Dennis Mathews, Chair Scott
McCallum. Superintendent