October 12, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  AD Hauxwell began his report announcing the winter sports classifications. He noted that the C-5 Cross Country Districts are in Ogallala on October 14th at Crandell Creek Golf Course. Twelve teams will be competing, girls run at 3:00 PM and boys run at 4:05 PM Mountain Time. SPVA volleyball tournament is at Perkins County on Saturday, October 16th starting at 10:00 AM Mountain Time. Chase County is the #1 seed, so they have a bye the first round. Hauxwell also mentioned that Chase County Volleyball will play in the C1-12 Subdistricts and hopefully at Chase County as the highest seed, will host on Monday, October 25th and Tuesday, October 26th. The musical has been postponed until March 26th, 27th, and 28th, of 2022. The 94th National FFA Convention is October 27th-October 30th. Market Plan and Parliamentary Procedure Teams will be competing. AD Hauxwell ended his report by thanking the bus drivers for everything they have been doing. Yolanda Dockery and Jordan Beard for helping to cover routes, teachers that continually help out covering classes and helping at events and Dallas Baney for everything he and his custodians have been doing to set up activities and keeping the school looking great.

Discussion:  Principal Odens began her report noting that on September 29th the 4th and 5th graders went to Perkins County Schools for a Food and Nutrition Day. She noted on October 4th the teachers had an In-Service Day when they worked in their PLC groups. They also completed some online mandatory trainings and prepared for Parent Teacher Conferences. Odens said that conferences were well attended & that the Annual SPED Review meeting with NDE went well, with a few minor corrections that needed done. Map testing has even completed for the K-8 students and that data was shared with parents at Parent Teacher Conferences. Principal Odens ended her report mentioning that the kindergarten class went to Homestead Pumpkin Patch in North Platte last Friday, October 8th and that the Fall Staff Gathering was held at Cox's pond on Saturday with 19 people in attendance.

Principal Sorensen welcomed the two student representatives for the evenings meeting: Remington Yaw and Delaney Krutsinger. Sorensen stated PLC groups have been meeting and the expectation is that every PLC group will meet twice a month, with the majority of groups meeting in the mornings due to after school coaching commitments. Each group will have a goal based on the Marzano framework and each teacher has a professional goal based on the Marzano framework. Testing for Pre-ACT, ACT and PSAT and National ACT are taking place. Sorensen noted that on September 23rd he attended an on-line Financial Literacy workshop in-which he had learned the term "FOMO" which is "Fear of Missing Out." Students will purchase items because they are afraid that they would be missing out on the next best thing or they have to have something because it is trending and others have it. It was also mentioned that Personal Finance will be a requirement for graduation, which he noted we are already ahead of the curve on that. Sorensen ended his report stating he attended an on-line MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support) on October 7th & 8th which offered him some key personal takeaways he will be encouraging staff and himself to apply.to build relationships & positive culture within the building.

Discussion:  Superintendent Lambert started his report summarizing much of what Principal Odens and Principal Sorensen covered in their reports. He went on to inform the board of different events that have taken place over the past month, including and LB1184 meeting, infinite campus workshop, Map testing concluding, our seal of Biliteracy is featured in the NDE newsletter & 3 students were recognized for scoring 30 or higher on the ACT. Lambert mentioned that Pinnacle Bank and the Rotary Club are sponsoring a sex trafficking  educational trailer to come to Chase County Schools on October 27th and 28th where grades 5-12th will go in small groups to get a 15-minute awareness presentation. He also stated that he has been working on schedules and putting together groups to be interviewed for our 5-year external visit on October 26th and 27th. He moved on to building and grounds information. The storage unit is pretty much complete, just waiting on the main power to be hooked up. Bus barn has its own dedicated phone line, which will help during any power outages so parents can be contacted in case of any emergencies. New front office furniture has arrived & looks very nice. The new automatic faucets will gradually be installed throughout the building. He is working with playground companies to take a look at the current set up and provide suggestions on how to update and the front handicap ramp had some broken concrete, so that has been repaired, and concrete was also added to the arboretum sign. Regarding budget and finance, the auditors were here this last month going over the 2020-2021 budget, they were here for 2 full days. The ESSER III grant was completed and submitted to the state. All of the budget documents were submitted to the state auditor's office, NDE and both counties for the 2021-2022 fiscal years budget and teachers received their classroom budgets this month. Lastly, Lambert submitted the final documentation for the bus grant that was received last year. Superintendent thanked Rex Felker for putting a hole in the engine block and cutting the frame per the requirements of the grant, the next step will be trying to sell that bus for parts. 

Discussion:  President Meeske adjourned the meeting at 9:12 PM