Board members present:  Mary Beyer, Karyn Gibbons, Ralph Gierke, Steve Kraxberger, Jim Needham,
                                                Janette Palmer
Staff present:                        Alice Ericksen/Superintendent; Pam Monte/Administrative Assistant
                                                 Kathy Nickoloff/Director of Human Resources

Chair Janette Palmer called the meeting of the Molalla River School District Board of Education to order at 7:37 p.m. and established that a quorum was present.

Welcome and Introductions
Chair Palmer introduced Pat Rogers, Molalla High School, as being recognized by the Molalla Masonic
Lodge as teacher of the year in Molalla.

Review/Changes or Additions to Agenda
Dates to start process for superintendent search

Public Comment
Lisa Banyard brought concerns to the Board pertaining to the decision to eliminate student
transportation to the students living within one mile of Molalla Elementary School. She
presented copies of letters and petitions signed by other parents in the affected area. Parents are
concerned with child abductions, traffic and the general safety of their children. The Board was
asked to reconsider their decision and possibly designate pickup spots that parents could take the
children to.

Barbara Kinester also expressed her concerns with the transportation for the Molalla Elementary students. If the Board expects the children to walk, what type of safety mechanisms will be in place to protect the children?

Mark Link stated his concerns with the safety of our children and his concern with speed on Toliver, dogs, abduction and student harassment of other children.

Chair Palmer thanked all of the people for coming to the Board, not only with their concerns but also with possible solutions. She assured them that the District would look into alternatives for the transportation issue. The Board will be taking this clearly under advisement and see how can we better serve and address these issues.

Dr. Ericksen encouraged families to call her or Michael Jourdan to see if there are special
circumstances that can be accommodated.

Action Items
Selection of Superintendent Search Firm
At the July 25 worksession, the Board received presentations from three organizations that provide assistance in searching for a new superintendent. The consensus of the Board at that time was to enter into a contract with the Oregon School Boards Association.

M02-08       A motion was made by Mr. Gierke, seconded by Mr. Needham that the Board of
                   Education enter into a contract with the Oregon School Boards Association to conduct the
                   superintendent's search. Passed unanimously. 6-0

MHS Open Campus
Last month the Board was approached by students from Molalla High School asking them to consider making Molalla High School an open campus for lunch. The Board stated at that time that then would take the request under consideration and would take action at their August meeting

Mr. Reynolds, principal of Molalla High School, explained the lunch situation at the high school and the
need to go to two lunch periods due to increased enrollment. He stated the rationale used for determining that a two-lunch period was necessary.

The rationale used by the students for going to a one period lunch and an open campus was that it would
free up space in the commons. Mr. Reynolds stated that creating an open campus would not free up that
much space to accommodate the rest of the students during one lunch period. Mr. Reynolds also stated his concerns for the safety of students leaving campus during the day.

Mr. Reynolds stated that he was proposing 4-2 lunch period days and 1-1 lunch period day.

Mr. Needham stated that he would like to try the open campus for a probationary period of one year. Mr.
Gierke stated that he could support a policy allowing seniors to have open campus privileges one day a
week, with parental consent. Mr. Gierke stated that it allows them to exercise responsibility.

Chair Palmer assured the students that the Board is here to support the safety of all students and creating an open campus concept raises many concerns for student safety.

M02-09       A motion was made by Mr. Needham, seconded by Mr. Gierke that we create a
                      policy for an open campus and revisit our policy on security. Motion failed 2-4
                      (Palmer, Kraxberger, Beyer, Gibbons opposing)

Information/Discussion
Worksession Dates

Systemic Change - This worksession date was changed from August 22 to September 26
Facilities Use - This worksession date was changed from September 26 to August 29

August 22 and September 5 were scheduled for additional worksessions for the topics of Superintendent
Search and Revisiting the Budget. Chair Palmer will contact Bob Bums, OSBA, to see which date he
would be available to meet with the Board to begin the process for the superintendent search.

Dave Peterson, Business Manager, announced that he had received an email and that we can expect to get new calculations on our funding for this year in a few days. We are looking at the possibility of an additional $2 million in cuts.

Dr. Ericksen reminded the Board that when we conducted our survey last spring, it was overwhelming
agreed upon that we need to cut days rather than staff. We have begun preliminary discussion with the
association regarding cutting of days, but they are reluctant to discuss this until we know how many days would be necessary.

Consent-Agenda
Chair Palmer announced that Item E on the Personnel Report would be removed and voted on separately.

M02-10      A motion was made by Mrs. Gibbons, seconded by Mr. Gierke to approve the Consent
                    agenda as amended, except for Item E of the Personnel Report.

Mrs. Gibbons and Mrs. Beyer stated that they would need to abstain from the minutes of the executive
session from July 11, as they were not present at the meeting.

                     Motion passed 5-1 (Kraxberger opposing)

M02-11       A motion was made by Mr. Gierke, seconded by Mr. Kraxberger to approve Item E of the
                     Personnel Report as stated. Vote 3-3 (Beyer, Gibbons, Palmer opposing)

Chair Palmer stated that the motion dies due to lack of support of a quorum of the Board. The issue stays
status quo.

Chair Palmer informed the members of the audience that the Board would need additional information
from Dr. Ericksen and Michael Jourdan on the transportation issue. The Board will respond as quickly as possible, hopefully before school starts.

Recess to Executive Session at 9:03p.m.
Reconvene into open session at 9:31 p.m.

M02-12      A motion was made by Mr. Gierke, seconded by Mr. Needham to uphold the expulsion
                    decision with the recommendations formed by the Board of Education. Passed
                    unanimously. 6-0

Adjourn
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m.