January 14, 2019 at 4:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

More Information:  Mission Statement - Milford Public Schools will prepare all students to be successful citizens: Our Mission is fulfilled when all students read with comprehension, speak and write clearly, compute accurately, reason logically, understand and appreciate the fine arts, apply suitable strategies and habits of mind to solve problems, utilize technology to communicate and to understand information and behave morally.

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General Fund for $107,290.29
Payroll for $577,069.31
Total $684,359.60

Items I want to point out:

1. We had major bus repairs this past month.  Had a couple of buses that needed towed.  One had the transmission replaced and exhaust repairs for $6,700.  The other one had number of engine and gauge issues including: Loose dash panel, broken bolts in the exhaust manifold, oil leak, brake issue, cylinder head issues, and then a complete diagnostic performed on the engine and this bus' repairs cost nearly $6,000.  Both buses have over 200,000 miles but have been great buses for us.  Hopefully these are good to go now.
2. $8,359 to ESU for the CRAVE Program is for our 12+ student.  This is similar to the program we had a student in two years ago in York.  The ESU decided to start their own program on the SCC campus this year so the student has transition classes through the CRAVE program, has work study, and takes college courses at SCC.  At this point, this will be a one-year program for this student as the family does not plan on using the program until the age of 21.
3. $80 to Raymond Central High School is for speech contest entry fees.  I just point this out as we will be begin to see expenses for speech contests and judges.
4. $15,479 to BEST is for tuition and transportation for two students.  We had 3 at one point but just had one complete the program.

More Information:  K-6 is at 420
7-8 is at 93
9-12 is at 226
Total K-12 is at 739

More Information:  The construction of the brick walls in the 3 window alcoves in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade should be completed Friday night.  The infill on the window in the northeast hallway leading to the kindergarten room should be completed Monday depending on the weather.

We will take a quick walk to this area if it fits in the agenda.

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Open discussion as needed.

A summary of the Nebraskans United Bill is attached.  Dave has been very active in this process and I appreciate his efforts.

More Information:  The proposed calendar is attached along with the list of dates that have an impact on the calendar.  We are wanting to get this approved so we can share the start and end dates along with the change in the graduation date.  Some of the dates in the middle months may end up having to change depending on all those items in the 2nd document but to a point that is out of our control.

More Information:  This item may be moved to later meeting upon agreement between President Dave Welsch and Superintendent Kevin Wingard.

The updated evaluation form was emailed to Board members on January 11.

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These are policies that we review each January.  If a change is recommended, we will add it to the February agenda.

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This is a yearly requirement.

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This is a yearly item.  We appoint Tammy as the day-to-day treasurer.

More Information:  The Cross Country Team is planning on attending the same summer camp as they did last year.  The camp is in Norwalk, Iowa and they will be attending the camp June 26th - 28th.  Policy 6027 requires the Board to act on out of state trips.

More Information:  The Milford Kiwanis has not held their end of the year tournament for several years now.  Instead, the club has worked with the Seward Kiwanis Club and assists in hosting their event, which is one of the largest youth tournaments in the state.  We usually rent them both of our gyms at the high school.  This year, due to Concordia hosting a college dance competition, their gyms are not available the hours that they usually have been.  Also, the Milford Youth Wrestling Tournament changed dates due to the changes the NSAA made in the high school wrestling calendar this year.  Due to all of the changes, Shane Baack with the Seward Kiwanis is asking if he can use our facilities on a Sunday morning.

We updated our Board policy a number of years ago to eliminate Sunday morning rentals.  Our facilities can be rented on Sundays beginning at noon. 

Because this is part of a Board policy, the Board would have to vote to waive the policy for this particular event.

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