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  • Kennewick School Board Meeting                                                 January 25, 2012                                                 Section 1: What transpired                                                 Section 2: What was not included  Section 1 Present were school board members Heather Kintzley, Brian Brooks and Ben Messinger.  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Ron Williamson, Gregg Francher, Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Jack Anderson, Linda Tucker, several Sodexo employees Absent: Dawn Adams, Ron Mabry   The meeting was called to order at 5:35 PM by Vice-President Heather Kintzley who led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Communication from Parents, Staff and District Residents:  None   Consent Items:  Minutes of1/7/12 retreat,1/11/12 meeting, Personnel Actions, Payroll and Vouchers, Budget status for11/30/11 and12/31/11, Letter of Intent to apply for Energy Operational Savings Project Grant, Superintendent’s 2012-15 Contract, one Travel Request.  Motion to accept by Brian Brooks and seconded by Ben Messinger. Passed unanimously.

    Kennewick School Board Report for January 25

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Kennewick School Board Meeting                                                 January 25, 2012                                                 Section 1: What transpired                                                 Section 2: What was not included  Section 1 Present were school board members Heather Kintzley, Brian Brooks and Ben Messinger.  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Ron Williamson, Gregg Francher, Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Jack Anderson, Linda Tucker, several Sodexo employees Absent: Dawn Adams, Ron Mabry   The meeting was called to order at 5:35 PM by Vice-President Heather Kintzley who led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Communication from Parents, Staff and District Residents:  None   Consent Items:  Minutes of1/7/12 retreat,1/11/12 meeting, Personnel Actions, Payroll and Vouchers, Budget status for11/30/11 and12/31/11, Letter of Intent to apply for Energy Operational Savings Project Grant, Superintendent’s 2012-15 Contract, one Travel Request.  Motion to accept by Brian Brooks and seconded by Ben Messinger. Passed unanimously.

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  • Kennewick School Board Meeting                                                  January 11, 2012                                                  Section 1: What transpired                                                  Section 2: What was not included Section 1 Present were school board members Dawn Adams, Heather Kintzley, Brian Brooks, Ron Mabry and Ben Messinger.  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Ron Williamson, Greg Francher, Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Jack Anderson, Linda Tucker   The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM by President Dawn Adams who led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Recognition: January has been proclaimed “School Board Recognition Month.”  Dave read Governor Gregoire’s proclamation and presented each school board member with a certificate and thanked them for their service.   Communication from Parents, Staff and District Residents:   Kathy White (me) requested that the board reconsider their decision not to use the Washington State School Directors’ policy audit service.  I met with Kathleen MacDonald, the person...

    Kennewick School Board Report for January 11

    Posted on January 24, 2012 | No Comments
    Kennewick School Board Meeting                                                  January 11, 2012                                                  Section 1: What transpired                                                  Section 2: What was not included Section 1 Present were school board members Dawn Adams, Heather Kintzley, Brian Brooks, Ron Mabry and Ben Messinger.  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Ron Williamson, Greg Francher, Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Jack Anderson, Linda Tucker   The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM by President Dawn Adams who led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Recognition: January has been proclaimed “School Board Recognition Month.”  Dave read Governor Gregoire’s proclamation and presented each school board member with a certificate and thanked them for their service.   Communication from Parents, Staff and District Residents:   Kathy White (me) requested that the board reconsider their decision not to use the Washington State School Directors’ policy audit service.  I met with Kathleen MacDonald, the person...

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  • Created by Kathy White Kennewick School Board Retreat January 7, 2012 Section 1: What transpired Section 2: What was not included Section 1 The meeting was scheduled to begin at 8 AM.  Present were Dawn Adams, Heather Kinzley, Ron Mabry, Brian Books, Dave Bond (Superintendent), and Ron Williamson (Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education). Ben Messinger was not present at 8:15.  Dave Bond attempted to contact Ben to no avail.  Ron Williamson found a contact number in the Messinger’s PowerSchool account.  Ben was held up by a medical emergency in the family and urged the group to begin without him.   At 8:25, President Dawn Adams opened the meeting and led in the Pledge of Allegiance.  There are ten items on the Agenda.  Two of the items, “Sports Recognition” and “Graduation Attire” were chosen to taken first as they were least complex...

    Kennewick School Board Retreat

    Posted on January 15, 2012 | No Comments
    Created by Kathy White Kennewick School Board Retreat January 7, 2012 Section 1: What transpired Section 2: What was not included Section 1 The meeting was scheduled to begin at 8 AM.  Present were Dawn Adams, Heather Kinzley, Ron Mabry, Brian Books, Dave Bond (Superintendent), and Ron Williamson (Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education). Ben Messinger was not present at 8:15.  Dave Bond attempted to contact Ben to no avail.  Ron Williamson found a contact number in the Messinger’s PowerSchool account.  Ben was held up by a medical emergency in the family and urged the group to begin without him.   At 8:25, President Dawn Adams opened the meeting and led in the Pledge of Allegiance.  There are ten items on the Agenda.  Two of the items, “Sports Recognition” and “Graduation Attire” were chosen to taken first as they were least complex...

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  • Kennewick School Board Meeting         December 14, 2011 Board members present:  Dawn Adams, Heather Kintzley The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM by President Dawn Adams who led the Pledge of Allegiance. The first order of business was administering the Oath of Office to the three newly elected directors, Ben Messinger, Ron Mabry, and Brian Brooks.  The oaths were administered individually by Superintendent Dave Bond. The Agenda was changed to accommodate the large number of students and coaches who attended for the Fall Sports Recognition.  All three high schools had teams that participated in State level competitions.  For Southridge, Dive, girls’ Cross Country, Football and girls’ Soccer reached that level. Kennewick placed in girls’ Swim, Football, and girls’ Volleyball.  Kamiakin’s boy and girl Cross Country teams had the most honors.  The Dive, girls’ Soccer and Football teams also placed at...

    Kennewick School Board Report for December

    Posted on January 1, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Kennewick School Board Meeting         December 14, 2011 Board members present:  Dawn Adams, Heather Kintzley The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM by President Dawn Adams who led the Pledge of Allegiance. The first order of business was administering the Oath of Office to the three newly elected directors, Ben Messinger, Ron Mabry, and Brian Brooks.  The oaths were administered individually by Superintendent Dave Bond. The Agenda was changed to accommodate the large number of students and coaches who attended for the Fall Sports Recognition.  All three high schools had teams that participated in State level competitions.  For Southridge, Dive, girls’ Cross Country, Football and girls’ Soccer reached that level. Kennewick placed in girls’ Swim, Football, and girls’ Volleyball.  Kamiakin’s boy and girl Cross Country teams had the most honors.  The Dive, girls’ Soccer and Football teams also placed at...

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