December 8, 2014 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Visitor present were Tiffany Harris, Rex Felker, Steve Wallin and Jan Schultz. Student Board Member Jessican Hartman arrived at 6:03 pm and excused herself at 6:45 pm.

Discussion:  A gentleman from South Dakota will come out and repair the bleachers. The board is asking Troy to get some bids on replacement of the bleachers for the next board meeting. The gym logo is holding up. Congratulations to Jill Bauerle, Jodie Liess, and the Cast and Crew for their third place finish at districts in Play Production. The cast did a great job and it was fun to watch the play evolve as it went along. Chase County School was represented very well.

Discussion:  Book Fair is being held this week, sponsored by the PTO. ELL School Improvement meeting was held. Chase County School works to improve education for English Language Learners. Mr. Hansen has been implementing new strategies in the ELL program that include Rich Oral Academic Language. At the meeting, data was presented on student achievement.Students will be working on learning vocabulary that pertains to the NeSA tests for reading and math. Chase County Elementary teachers are working in (PLCs), a collegial group united in their commitment to a learning outcome. The 5 attributes essential to PLCs 1.Supportive and shared leadership 2. Collective creativity 3. Shared values and vision 4. Supportive conditions 5. Shared personal practice Our vision is to provide enriching academic rigor, based on trust and a shared commitment that all students learn the essential standards for success. Teachers have had training on PLC norms and “I can statements” which are student friendly learning goals. Teachers will also be using student assessments to check for mastery of the learning goals. Elementary assembly was held on Nov. 21. Students in grades 4-6 were recognized for honor roll. The next assembly will beDec. 15 at 12:30. Teachers are using the NeSA reading and math practice assessments for grades 3-6. Teachers are using the assessment results to guide instruction and provide extra support for those students who need it. Classified staff evaluations will continue, throughout December. Next semester, non tenured teacher evaluations will continue. It is my recommendation to adopt the Marzano or Danielson Framework for teacher evaluations and begin work on a new evaluation tool for next year. RTI (Response to Intervention) is meeting Dec. 16 to update RTI information. The team provides instructional guidance within an RTI model based on individual student goals and changes in student performance. (i.e., rate, level, consistency) over time as determined by progress monitoring assessments. Students are identified as meeting, exceeding,or at risk, at current rate of progress. The new I-Pads and I-Pad carts are in use in grades 3,4,5,6. Elementary Christmas Concert will be Dec. 9 at 6:00 PM 4th, 5th and 6th graders will attend a movie on Dec. 19 at the movie theater sponsored by the PTO. Mrs. Stewart attended the Principal’s Conference in Kearney Dec. 4 & 5. Featured speakers included: Kim Ratz- “Success is Liking What You Do” and Amanda Karhuse,- “Update on Federal Education Policy: How Does Washington Affect Your School?” Nebraska will be submitting a wavier for NCLB-AYP in April of 2015. 43 states have waivers. NE, MT, ND, and VT do not. This means we will have to adopt a quality teacher evaluation. Three things to include in the evaluation: • Nebraska Effective practice for teachers • Professional development • Student Learning Objectives (CCES received an Award of Excellence for our RTI work)

Discussion:  Lots of good things happenings in the school FCCLA had 2 students win gold. FFA goes to Districts, FBLA selling Krispy Kreme donuts and candy canes. Speech is starting and there were around 13 students at the meeting. Pink out game will take place in January.

Discussion:  3 went to the NASB conference this year. Workshop on legal issues were great, all the handouts are on the website. Smart foods have nutrional guidelines that include items in vending machines. Audit on our lunch program will take place this year as it takes place every 3 years. This audit is very detailed and will take some time to gather all the information they are requesting. We have added an additional bus route which started this morning. Looks like adding this route has allowed us to cut apporixamtely 15 minutes off of at least 3 routes. Filed our 1st application for e-rate for the technology updates we are looking to upgrade. Starting in February you can go and look at the prices of new equipment.

Discussion:  Able to keep the current Schedule B. Will be revisited again next year.

Discussion:  Have not received the final audit report, so this item was not discussed.

Discussion:  Down to the last section of roof in the main building. We will be getting an updated bid which is looking to cost around the $310,000 price range. It is the main area of the roof over the offices and entry way to the elementary teacher work room.

Discussion:  Grades 1st and 4th are already not being allowed to bring homemade snacks. Health issues discussed were how they are being prepared at home, personal hygiene concerns and the cross contamination on surfaces at home. Would like to put a board policy in place for no homemade snacks. Administration will bring a recommended policy at the next board meeting.

Discussion:  Meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm