November 8, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  No public comment.

Discussion:  Mr. Hauxwell reported that junior high wrestling had it's first meet on November 3rd in Sutherland and we have 19 students participating this year. The SPVA Board of Directors meeting is November 21st in Bridgeport along with SPVA play production. Chase County has 52 students participating in the play production. Winter sports practice will begin November 14th and there are currently 22 girls and 25 boys in basketball, 24 students in wrestling, and 42 students in One Act. He also attended the NSAA District 5 meeting on November 1st where 7 proposals were voted on. Chase County received $933.42 from gate money for the football playoff game at Ord and $380.38 from gate money for the volleyball subdistrict game. He ended by thanking the bus drivers for all the hours and filling in they have done to continue to get our kids to and from school and sporting events.

Discussion:  Mrs. Odens reported on various events that have taken place for the K-6 students and staff. Some of those events included the MTSS/PBIS team attending a conference in Kearney, the ELL/Migrant after school program was set to begin with Mrs. Cupp and Ms. Sheaffer, and the Parade of Costumes was October 28th and was very well attended again. The November in-service was November 1st and the teachers went over NSCAS and MAP data, they looked over science and social studies curriculums, they reviewed the MTSS process, and met with their PLC groups. Mrs. Odens is working on observations of non-tenured as well as some tenured staff. She ended by mentioning that the Veteran's day program would be November 11th at 9:30 and the PTO book fair is this week in the auditorium.

Mr. Barr gave an update on the 7-12 student and staff. He gave an update on enrollment, discipline, and attendance numbers. He noted that the crisis team attended training on October 26th and 27th. All 9th-12th grade students have completed the ACT or Pre-ACT. He is in the process of completing teacher observations and has met with teachers to review their yearly goals. They have also begun the MTSS process at the secondary level with Mrs. Teply and developed 5 year goals with the School Improvement team. He also attended various meetings, including a Rotary Youth Exchange program, a John Deere job experience program, a vaping presentation by Dr. Byrd, and the high school Job Fair. 

Discussion:  Mr. Lambert presented his board report and began with updates on students, including the homecoming pep rally and how well the cheerleaders organized the event. The K-12 students took a district photo on the football field that turned out really well, and he congratulated Trevin Moreno on making State Cross Country, the volleyball team for making subdistricts, and the football team for making the playoffs. He noted that the district has officially moved to the Rooms app, the honor roll list has been sent out and will be published in the paper, the '22-'23 master schedule has been started by getting teacher input, and the concession stand had a total profit of $15,886 for the fall sports season. He then moved to the building and grounds updates, which included the new playground and its projected completion date. The 2nd mini-bus is getting its cameras installed and then it will be delivered, all the broken windows on the north side have been replaced, and the stucco bids have been approved by Alicap and Dallas will line up a time for the work to be completed. The annual Alicap report came back and the district is doing well meeting safety guidelines, the building construction class is making progress on the visitors' crows nest, and the building and grounds committee met to discuss future projects. He ended with budget and finance updates, which included the completion of the AFR and SPEDFRS and an update of cash balances and budget savings of 1.6% after 3 months.

Discussion:  Meeting adjourned at 8:08 pm.