Tuesday evening was a busy one for members of the Dexter School Board, with several items decided during Executive Session following the regular monthly public meeting.

According to district superintendent, Dr. Thomas Sharp, the board voted to adopt the present salary schedule for the 2012-2013 school year.

“The base salary remains $32,000,”reported Sharp. Board members approved vertical and horizontal movement for certified staff contracts for the next school year.

Certified staff are individuals with degrees (teaching, counseling, administrative) that receive certification status through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a degree.

The board also voted to re-employ the current classified staff and approved a 1.5 percent raise for classified staff. Classified staff are individuals who are employed by the district that do not necessarily required a degree/certification through DESE.  These individuals are also referred locally to as support staff:  aide, drivers, secretaries, custodians, maintenance.

The board also:

• Accepted the resignation of John Walker as a middle school self-contained  special services resource teacher.
• Accepted the resignation of Kim Reinbott as a bus aide.
• Accepted the resignation of Eric Sitze as a high school golf coach.
• Approved the transfer request of teacher Debbie Wilson to fill the middle school self-contained resourced special services position.
• Employed Lindsay Woods. She has certification in K-12 special education, 5-9 language arts and 9-12 English. Her teaching assignment will be the middle school special services resource position.
• Employed Kay Stevenson as a teacher for middle school. She has both a K-8 and library science certification. Her teaching assignment will involve creating transition services for grade 6 at-risk students as well as instructing language arts.
• Employed Doris Thompson as a bus aide.
  

Missouri state law – the Missouri Sunshine Law – allows public boards to meet in closed, executive sessions when those meetings relate to certain issues, including personnel issues. For more information on the Missouri Sunshine Law, go to the Missouri Attorney General’s website on the Sunshine Law on the Internet.