December 13, 2016 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  President Olsen called the meeting to order at 6 pm.

Discussion:  President Olsen led the assembly in the pledge of allegiance.

Discussion: 

Discussion:  None noted.

Discussion:  Hauxwell wanted to congratulate sponsor Jill Bauerle, and the cast and crew of One Act for their Runner-Up finish at SPVA here at Chase County and 4th place at Districts. The cast did a great job. CCS was represented very well. Hauxwell also wanted to thank Jodie Liess, Cathy Howard, Jill Mays and Mike Bauerle for all of their extra help.
JH basketball- CCS has 22 Boys and 24 Girls participating this year. Hauxwell noted McCook will be dropping us from their basketball schedules next year, as they have entered another conference, and so he is trying to find a replacements games for the 17-18 season. Hauxwell mentioned transportation to basketball games has required sending one van along with a bus to JV/V away games. Therefore, he expressed concerns that mileage on vans continue to increase with all of the trips noting two vans are already around 100,000 miles and 2 with around 90,000 miles. The NSAA District 5 meeting will be Wed. Jan. 11 in Holdrege at 12:00 MST. Hauxwell closed noting enrollment counts for determining 17-18 classifications was released in Dec.

Discussion: 

Elementary- Working through Ramp Time

Middle School-Common plan is working, success working together.  Continue to make tweaks to the schedule, teamwork, equal access for all students.  

Students smiling and feeling like they need to put in.  Work on end of semester celebrations, recognizing successes for students.  Deepening of RTI process and mimic elementary.  MIC time is working and will be working on intervention tool.  Community service, collaboration, Carol Kunneman classroom is a success.  Down list has shrunk considerably and we have moved from 30+ students to 12 this year.  Creating RTI team, get work done but do they know what the standards are that they are not mastering.  Need to be more purposeful when helping kids.  Teacher evals moving.

Discussion:  Parking situation is done.  Lights at the game were nice to have.  Unlock doors on the east side of building in the morning.  

Discussion: 

1.     We had two hot water heaters and a milk cooler go bad.

2.     There have been a number of meetings this month.  Crystal and I will be attending a health care meeting on the 20^th at Trenton.  That should be my only meeting for a while.

3.     After reviewing how we would adopt our new policies, Jeff and I have decided we need an easier way.  This summer we will invite three members of the board to work through all old and new policies.  This will be a multiple day commitment, but it seems to be the easiest way to go about it.  Jeff has already volunteered.

4.     Negotiations will have a meeting sometime after our board meeting.  Jason will be getting back to me with dates.

5.     We had our state safety audit.  There is no write-up but she gave me a couple of items to look at including new doors and cameras on our front doors.

6.     Our alumni kiosk is up and running.  Please swing over and check it out.

7.     If you have any free time, Chad and Becky would love to have you walk through the building with them.  Just let them know when.

8.     The sewer line is completed.  Things will be a little messy for a bit but Eric and his team have been great to work with during our project.

9.     Shane will be presenting at the January meeting and Chad and Becky will have a short preview of the middle school progress but will have survey results and other goodies on the middle school in January.

10. We are looking at lease options for the gator, Troy is leading the charge and we will be testing out some new equipment this month.

11. Meeting with Lunch Time Solutions on Friday at 11:00 AM.

12. We have a group working on our new Wellness Policy.

13. I had a meeting with all parties (police, fire department, first responders, sheriff, ambulance, dispatch) regarding our gas leak and the evacuation process.

14. We are looking at a board retreat sometime in April.  I would like to do this after our school improvement visit.

15. Working on door replacement bids.  Cornhusker glass was in town but we missed each other.  Working on McCook Glass as well for a bid.

16. We had some issues with students and them wanting to do whatever they liked in regards to parking, etc.  We have made movement on this, but we are going to have an assembly with 9-12 to address other issues.

17. We had some confusion on our board goals.  They are listed on our e-meetings site under goals.  I have them listed below.  If you have ideas for goals, please let me know.

1. To continually improve staff instructional strategies through quality professional development.

2. To continue to improve Student Achievement, Participation, and Performance through Data Driven Decision Making that addresses the needs of all students.

3. To provide prudent stewardship of district resources to best support student success.

Discussion: 

Discussion:  Mr. Lefdal stated the auditors were great to work with and the audit came back with a few suggestions.  Mr. Lefdal explained the bond fund and the refinancing as well as the FDIC discussion for the activity account.

Discussion: 

Special ed one-to-one para Lora Villareal (Appointment) Replacing Rhonda Huicochea. Rhonda will be student teaching at CCS in the spring. 

Discussion:  Mr. Lefdal explained the need for the new hot water heater.

Discussion:  Met with Mr. Lefdal and goal setting

Discussion: 

Which buildings to tear down. New bus area is too close. Other areas might be better. Executive session exited at 7:20 pm and no action was taken.   

Discussion:  Have we talked to hospital or nursing home to share lunch supervision.

Discussion: 

Executive session exited at 8:07 pm. No action taken.

 

Discussion:  Discussion: Executive session was exited at 8:25 pm and no action was taken.

Discussion:  Meeting was adjourned at 8:25 pm.