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  • Kennewick School Board Meeting March 14, 2012   Section 1: What transpired Personal comments (based on my Leadership WSSDA training) in Italics                              Section 2: What was not included Section 1 Present were school board members Dawn Adams, Heather Kintzley, Brian Brooks, Ron Mabry, Ben Messinger and Maricarmen Garza (student).  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Bev Johnson-Torelli, Jack Anderson, Greg Fancher, Dottie Stevens, Ethan Schwebke, Sam Schick, Linda Tucker, and Lorraine Cooper.  Several KSD employees, Kennewick Education Association representative and members of the public were also present.

    Kennewick School Board Report for March 14

    Posted on March 20, 2012 | No Comments
    Kennewick School Board Meeting March 14, 2012   Section 1: What transpired Personal comments (based on my Leadership WSSDA training) in Italics                              Section 2: What was not included Section 1 Present were school board members Dawn Adams, Heather Kintzley, Brian Brooks, Ron Mabry, Ben Messinger and Maricarmen Garza (student).  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Bev Johnson-Torelli, Jack Anderson, Greg Fancher, Dottie Stevens, Ethan Schwebke, Sam Schick, Linda Tucker, and Lorraine Cooper.  Several KSD employees, Kennewick Education Association representative and members of the public were also present.

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  •                                          Kennewick School Board Meeting                                          February 22, 2012                                          Section 1: What transpired               Personal comments (based on my Leadership WSSDA training) in Italics                                                                           Section 2: What was not included Section 1 Present were school board members Heather Kinzley, Brian Brooks, Ron Mabry, Ben Messinger and Maricarmen Garza.  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Ron Williamson, Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Jack Anderson, Linda Tucker, Lorraine Cooper, about six citizens.  President Dawn Adams was sick and did not attend.   The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM by Vice-President Heather Kinzley who led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Communication from Parents, Staff and District Residents:  None   Consent Items:  Minutes of 2/8/12 regular meeting, Certified, Classified and Extracurricular Personnel Actions, and Travel Requests, Payroll and vouchers and Delta High School Inter Local Agreement Addition.  Motion to accept was made by Brian,...

    Kennewick School Board Report for February 22

    Posted on March 2, 2012 | 1 Comment
                                             Kennewick School Board Meeting                                          February 22, 2012                                          Section 1: What transpired               Personal comments (based on my Leadership WSSDA training) in Italics                                                                           Section 2: What was not included Section 1 Present were school board members Heather Kinzley, Brian Brooks, Ron Mabry, Ben Messinger and Maricarmen Garza.  KSD staff: Dave Bond (Superintendent), Ron Williamson, Vic Roberts, Chuck Lybeck, Jack Anderson, Linda Tucker, Lorraine Cooper, about six citizens.  President Dawn Adams was sick and did not attend.   The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM by Vice-President Heather Kinzley who led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Communication from Parents, Staff and District Residents:  None   Consent Items:  Minutes of 2/8/12 regular meeting, Certified, Classified and Extracurricular Personnel Actions, and Travel Requests, Payroll and vouchers and Delta High School Inter Local Agreement Addition.  Motion to accept was made by Brian,...

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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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  • 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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  • Filed 12/9/2011

    Complaint Filed With PDC Over Apparent Violations During Kennewick School Board Election

    Posted on December 9, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Filed 12/9/2011

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  • On November 2, 2011 I met with Ben Messinger, Brian Brooks’ representative and Ron Mabry to review their school board campaign contributions and expenses.  The table presents the information collected from those meetings.  The three successful candidates shared expenses for campaign flyers and postage and Tri-City Herald advertising.  Their other campaign expenses were separate. Messinger will continue accepting donations to offset his deficit.  Mabry had nearly $5000. in commitments for contributions so turned away a contribution from the Washington Education Association (WEA-PAC). The postage expense of $938.98 for each candidate was a loan from Ty Haberling.  This data was revised December 6, 2011 to reflect new or updated information. I credit Brooks, Messinger and Mabry for providing their campaign finance data and expect to update this table as the candidates complete payments for expenses and record late contributions.

    The Cost to Campaign for Kennewick School Board

    Posted on December 7, 2011 | 3 Comments
    On November 2, 2011 I met with Ben Messinger, Brian Brooks’ representative and Ron Mabry to review their school board campaign contributions and expenses.  The table presents the information collected from those meetings.  The three successful candidates shared expenses for campaign flyers and postage and Tri-City Herald advertising.  Their other campaign expenses were separate. Messinger will continue accepting donations to offset his deficit.  Mabry had nearly $5000. in commitments for contributions so turned away a contribution from the Washington Education Association (WEA-PAC). The postage expense of $938.98 for each candidate was a loan from Ty Haberling.  This data was revised December 6, 2011 to reflect new or updated information. I credit Brooks, Messinger and Mabry for providing their campaign finance data and expect to update this table as the candidates complete payments for expenses and record late contributions.

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  • With the school board election done the truth about the appointment of Brian Brooks to the Kennewick School Board can be told. Community members have written letters to the Tri-City Herald expressing their belief that Brooks was the most qualified for the position so the board selected him on merit. Reality is quite different.

    The Truth About the Interim Kennewick School Board Appointment

    Posted on December 1, 2011 | 1 Comment
    With the school board election done the truth about the appointment of Brian Brooks to the Kennewick School Board can be told. Community members have written letters to the Tri-City Herald expressing their belief that Brooks was the most qualified for the position so the board selected him on merit. Reality is quite different.

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