April 14, 2015 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Meeting was called to order at 6 PM and President Olsen directed attention to the Open Meetings Act.

Discussion:  President Olsen took this opportunity to thank Elementary Principal Mrs. Stewart for her service to CCS and wish her the best of luck. Head VB Coach Jodi Schuller approached the Board regarding payment of Freshman, VB Coach, Kristi McNair. Board deferred to Administration for that decision.

Discussion:  Hauxwell noted the CCS activity schedule has been very busy, highlighting HS Golf Meet at Enders on Saturday April 18th 9:00 AM. Teams include Bridgeport, CCS, Hershey, McCook, Ogallala, Perkins Co., and Sutherland. The HS Track Meet is on Tuesday April 21st and will be run using athletic.net. The start time will be 9:00 AM for field Events and 10:30 AM for running events. Teams include CCS, Dundy Co. Stratton, Garden County, Hershey, Ogallala, and Perkins County. Other events noted included District Music Thurs. April 23rd in McCook, JH Track Meet here Thurs. April 30th starting at 9:00 AM and SPVA JH Track Meet here May 7th starting at 10:00 AM. The Spring Play, “How to Kiss a Girl”, directed by Mrs. Bauerle has 13 students participating with production scheduled for Sunday April 19th and Monday April 20th starting at 7:00 and 7:30 PM, respectively. State FCCLA is in Lincoln with 9 students returning tonight. Power Drive competed in Lincoln and is competing this weekend in Grand Island. In follow up Randy Ross is working on the bleacher steps and plans to install before graduation. In regards to gym floor maintenance, Uni-tech said quotes would be similar to last year estimating Longhorn Gym 2 Coats of oil base finish $2,890.00 and Shorthorn Gym $1,850.00. Hauxwell briefly discussed Wellington field maintenance, watering, and the City's notification that they have failed to bill us since 2003 for the lights at Wellington and estimate the unbilled usage amount at approximately $1800. The Board noted the facility committee will need to further consider Wellington lights & restroom controls and garbage. Board member Stromberger inquired regarding Wellington floor maintenance and Hauxwell said a new coating, consistent with prior years of approximately $1200, will be applied.

Discussion:  Principal Sorensen briefly updated the Board regarding NeSA testing progress noting testing will continue through most of April. Sorensen offered his congratulations to both FFA and FBLA for successful state conventions highlighting FFA Natl. Qualifiers: Market Plan team ­MaKenna Ketter, Travis Luhrs and Shaylee Dorn and FBLA Natl. Qualifiers Michael Musgrove 1st place: Insurance & Risk Mgmt., and Makenna Wallin and Claire Kuenne 2nd place: Desktop Publishing. Sorensen also noted the CCS team of senior art students Adolfo Ramirez, Adolfo Ortega, Holden Dreiling, Celeste Juarez, Emma Mollendor, and Sergio Almanza, took 3rd place, competing against 22 other schools, at the April 10th ­Paint­In Competition @ McCook Community College. Their winning painting under the theme: Put the song “Radioactive” in a visual image is on display in the HS hallway trophy case for viewing. Sorensen said CCS 2015 Prom went very well, with no incidences. The dance was held from 8:00 to 11:00 PM with post­-prom following. Sorensen thanked Mrs. Bottom, Miss Tomaso and Mrs. Harford for their guidance and diligence as well as Trish Oxford and parents for their efforts with post­-prom. Sorensen attended NSASSP Region V meeting in Sidney March 18th, noting the keynote speaker Chuck Elley, former state trooper, regarding drug issues in Nebraska, was eye opening. Lastly, Sorensen noted he has now completed his term as Region V Pres. for the 2014-­2015 school year. Elementary Principal Stewart greeted the Board and then began noting she has met with elementary teachers about computer needs, including future technology goals. Items mentioned included new computers for elementary teachers as well as an update to current keyboarding software. Stewart highlighted plans to attend the April 27 and 28 AQwest conference in Kearney, along with several other staff. She reiterated the $18,136.00 in donations raised through CCS Jump Rope for Heart for the American Heart Association. Stewart mentioned Title One School Improvement members worked through data collection and a self review of the program for the NE Dept. of Education. Stewart also noted NE State Assessments will continue throughout April for grades 3-6, with reading having been completed and math and science is in process. Stewart said Kindergarten Round-Up will be held May 1, with 59 invites mailed and 2 declines to date. Stewart continued saying the ELL team met discussing the CCS ELL School Improvement Action Plan, deciding to use a welcome book for new ELL students beginning for the 15-16 school year. New ELL teachers will be Terri Meyer and Teresa Shiver. Mrs. Stewart and staff will be attending NWEA (MAP) meeting at ESU 10, regarding how to get teachers engaged with MAP Data results. Lastly, Stewart noted a recent Tornado drill was held and was executed efficiently and effectively.

Discussion:  Student Board Member Jessica Hartman addressed the Board saying she had been at State FFA Convention and noted seniors are counting down with less than 30 days remaining. Natl. Honor Society induction will be held next week, with approximately 10 inductees anticipated. She briefly mentioned trash in the parking lots and trees around the school and a brief discussion was held regarding a proposed plan to have a school organization or class pick up prior to graduation.

Discussion:  Supt. Schoeppey noted staffing for the 15-16 school year is primarily complete except for one additional elementary staff. Schoeppey thanked the interview team and a special thanks to Ms. Stewart for completing a bulk of the staffing needs. Schoeppey noted the ESU is conducting a tech survey this week for both staff & students re: connectivity, home & school access, etc. with relevant data obtained to be used by the Technology Committee. The Transportation Committee met regarding budget and needs for 15-16 including an additional activity bus to be purchased in the 15-16 fiscal year. An auction company from Denver reviewed the BCI bus today, estimating the value at $40-$50k with an upcoming auction in June as a strong selling opportunity for this bus. Schoeppey also highlighted that initial state test results are relatively strong. He also congratulated the FBLA and FFA teams on strong state convention performances. Both he & Sorensen attended Mr. Vlasin & Mr. Speck's awards ceremony as State FFA Advisors as well as see former student Blair Hartman retire from her State Office. Supt. Schoeppey then welcomed the State Champion, and Natl qualifying 2015 Marketing Plan Team of Travis Luhrs, MaKenna Ketter and Shaylee Dorn's presentation.

Discussion:  The Board exited executive session at 7:31 PM.

Discussion:  The only increase is in the area of speech, due to additional students requiring time and therefore we have an increase in the FTE for the Speech Pathologist position. A brief discussion was also held regarding the proposed Resource & Occupational Therapy FTE amounts.

Discussion:  Supt. Schoeppey attached a proposed policy for fall, applied initially beginning to the incoming Freshman Class, or graduating Class of 2019. The proposed policy has been reviewed by Mr. Herbert, Mr. Sorensen and several teachers. A brief discussion was held regarding students transferring in, and Mr. Sorensen noted this policy is just for determining one Valedictorian and one Salutatorian but will not impact class rank, transcripts etc.

Discussion:  Meeting was adjourned at 7:50 PM.