March 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  President Meeske called the meeting to order at 6:01 PM.

Discussion:  Jill Bauerle invited the board to the open house at 7 pm for the students that will be competing at state speech Thursday. She also urged the board to really look into schedule B and the hours each sponsor is spending with students in each extracurricular activity.

Discussion:  Mr. Hauxwell presented the list of students that qualified for state speech. They will perform in Kearney on March 16th and there will be a send off on March 15th in the east parking lot at 3:15 PM. He also noted the results of state wrestling that was held February 16-18th in Omaha. He mentioned all the upcoming events including SPVA music contest in Kimball on March 21st, high school quiz bowl competition on March 14th in Sutherland, the Freedoms Foundation trip from March 8-15th, state FCCLA is in Lincoln April 2-4th, state FFA is also in Lincoln on March 29-31st, and state FBLA will be in Kearney on April 3-5th. He ended his report by noting the number of students participating in spring sports as well as mentioning prom will be March 18th beginning with the promenade in the Longhorn gym at 5:30 PM.

Discussion:  Mr. Barr began by reporting the current number of student enrollments, the number of lunch detentions and suspensions for the month, and the student attendance percent, which was down 2.19% from February. The administrative team met with Raptor to begin the setup process on February 21st. He also mentioned that the March teacher in-service went really well and he got a chance to meet with his staff to discuss the Gallup survey results from December. He noted that Mrs. Paisley had the high school students registered for the 2023-2024 school year and thanked her for her work to get that completed. The administrative team has been conducting teacher interviews for the open positions and they also met to review the MTSS process. Middle school students had the opportunity to attend a dance on March 9th to celebrate academic success and students also attended a music performance with Paul Eibert on February 24th. He ended by mentioning that he and Mr. Lambert met with MPCC and other community members to discuss improvement to the college and Chase County School partnership.

Mrs. Odens started her report by thanking the 1st grade team for organizing Dr. Seuss week from February 27-March 3rd. They had a challenge for the classes to get the most reading steps that week. The 2nd graders won and got to duct tape her to the wall while she read Dr. Seuss stories to them. She mentioned the safety drills held that same week and noted that they were very successful. The elementary staff began looking at science and social studies curriculum, reviewed test data, and reviewed the Gallup survey results and the last in-service. Ms. Liess will be taking the 5th grade choice students to Lincoln on March 21st to sing at the capital. She also noted that Kindergarten round-up will be on April 28th where the students will receive a longhorn tshirt and take pictures "signing" to be a Longhorn.

Discussion:  Mr. Lambert noted that he had spent the past month focused on recruiting new teachers for the open positions. He has been working with the website company to come up with ideas on the school calender and they are getting closer to some potential options for consideration. He mentioned that they celebrated the staff members that are having babies toward the end of the school year. The school improvement team met and made a plan to focus on CTE and technology and set some measurable goals. He thanked the secretaries for their work in setting up the online registration process for the upcoming school year. He met with Maika Leibbrandt to go over the board goals that were discussed at the board retreat and she was going to send out a formalized version to the board. He moved on to the building and grounds where he informed the board that he had worked with various companies to get bus quotes, he communicated with engineers regarding the potential parking lot project, and he included an update on the hail damage work that has been or will be completed. He ended by mentioning that the REAP funds were received for the technology purchases and he has renewed the SAM.gov account so the district can continue to receive federal funding.

Discussion:  A student representative from the student council attended the meeting and presented the board with some things the student body would like to see. The 3 items she mentioned were an additional 5 minutes for lunch, that more emergency personnel were involved in the safety drills performed at school, and the ability for the seniors to decorate their caps for graduation.

Discussion:  Meeting adjourned at 8:03 PM.