June 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  No public comment.

Discussion:  Mr. Hauxwell said that summer was off to a busy start with weightlifting for the 7-12 students. There was also a track camp with Doane on June 3rd in which 90 athletes participated as well as a cheer camp on June 7th-8th. The Nebraska Coaches Association will host a convention on July 26-29th in Lincoln. We currently have 10 coaches attending. He mentioned that the gym floors will be refinished over the week of July 4th. He also announced that the girl's and boy's state basketball would be held March 7-12th next year due to UNL hosting the Big Ten Conference Wrestling championships. The board congratulated Mr. Hauxwell and his team on being state champions in girl's track.

Discussion:  Mrs. Oden's went over the different events that took place the last couple of weeks of school including concerts and award ceremonies. The administration team, Mrs. Dickey, and Mrs. O'Neil met with Kelly Erickson from ESU 15 and worked on the school improvement plan. She mentioned that Mrs. Lakey had started summer services for students and Ms. Schra was sitting with students while they completed additional speech sessions via zoom to make up the time they missed in the spring. She said the administration team had been working on updating handbooks and working on the class schedule for the upcoming school year. She said the PBIS team will have training via zoom on June 17th and noted that Mrs. Almanza and Mrs. Teply would be joining the team as well as Scott & Maika Leibbrandt.

Mr. Sorensen informed the board that the driver's ed students completed their classroom work with Mr. Krutsinger and began driving this week. The students checked in their computers and iPads before summer break. The high school students treated their computers well, but the 5-8 students had a lot of damage to their iPads. He mentioned that the administrative team attended the ESU 15 update and will be implementing a new tool for teacher evaluations. On June 10-11th Mr. Sorensen & Mrs. Odens will be virtually attending the Educator Effectiveness Summit. He also noted that they Safety and Security plan had been updated and sent to the newspaper for printing, so it will be ready for the new school year.

Discussion:  Mr. Lambert gave an overview of all that took place the last couple of weeks of school. He noted that the students and teachers finished strong. They had training for everyone that uses the POS system in the lunchroom because there will be an upgrade to the system. He has been working with Infinite Campus to develop a PD schedule based on what the staff wanted to learn. He is also working with Pepsi to update the machines in the teacher's workrooms as well as possibly putting a machine in the common's area with water or flavored water for the students. He has spent the beginning of the summer filling out various state reports for NDE. The administrative team will be implementing Marzano Instructional Model this year and will have training on June 23rd. There will also be safety training on June 22-23rd. The academic achievement boards have been updated with all the new scores.

The 2nd van is still waiting for a chip so it can be delivered. The VIN numbers on the 2 new buses have been received and we are set to receive the buses in the beginning of August. There are many building and grounds projects to be completed this summer including track resurfacing, carpeting, installation of bathroom partitions, and new phones. He has also been working with a tree expert in Lincoln to look at the trees on the north side of the property.

He mentioned that the IDEA funds for 20-21 had been received and work had begun to pull the funds for ESSER II. At the end of May we are 75% through the fiscal year and have spent 61% of the budget to date. He also went over the cash balances in all the funds.

Discussion:  Civics Committee met and went through textbooks to look at copyright dates.  

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Discussion:  Discussion was held on the idea of extending the parking lot on the east side of the building. There is an area of grass on the south side that could be used for additional parking. The building & grounds committee will look into getting additional information on this for a future meeting.