May 13, 2019 at 7:00 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.

This agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution.  A copy of the agenda reflecting any changes will be available for public inspection during normal business hours in the District Office.  Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be altered later than twenty-four hours before the meeting.  The Board reserves the right to alter the order of items, as it deems necessary.

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Information concerning the Open Meeting Law, Chapter 84, Article 14 of Nebraska State Statutes, is posted on the bulletin board in the back of the meeting room.

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This is the public’s opportunity to speak to items on the agenda. This is also the public’s opportunity to speak to any topic concerning the school district – since it is not an agenda item the board cannot discuss or take action on the matter at this time. Future discussion can be requested as an agenda item. To be recognized, all participants must complete the Request to Address the Milford Board of Education Form. No complaints regarding specific staff members will be heard during a public meeting. The District has established separate procedures for complaints against individual employees. Thank you for your participation.

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General Fund for $67,542.48
Payroll for $541,780.39
Total is $609,322.87

Bond Fund - $3,967.44

Items to point out:

1. $451.98 to the Activity account is the FBLA Advisor travel expenses for Nationals.
2. $3,761 to Midwest Sound & Lighting is for the microphone system for the auditorium.  This will be reimbursed by the anonymous donation.
3. $8,500 to OnToCollege with John Baylor is for the ACT prep course.
4. The Bond Fund payment is for interest and fees.

Please let me know if you have questions on any of the expenditures.

 

More Information:  For the third month in a row we have the same K-12 total.  That has not happened for a long time!

K-6 is at 418
7-8 is at 92
9-12 is at 222
K-12 is at 732

More Information:  Mr. Mowinkel will give a basic demonstration of the updated security system.

More Information:  Dr. Kubicek will review the attachment with the Board.

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Open discussion as needed.

More Information:  Garrett will give a presenation on his experience in the CRAVE Transition program.

More Information:  In school year 2020-21 the Nebraska Department of Education plans to implement a new state science assessment. The new assessment will include a description of science scenarios and will include tasks for students to complete.  Scenarios may include pictures, charts, or graphs and asks students to interpret the information from the scenario. The proposed new science instructional materials include opportunities for students to practice tasks similar to the new state science assessment and also more closely align with new grade level science content. The updated state science standards introduce science concepts at different grade levels than the previous science standards.  The materials we currently use were purchased in the 2011-2012 school year and included a 7-year subscription which concludes at the end of the current school year. This subscription included online material and consumable student workbooks. The proposed materials include online subscription and student workbooks for grades 2-4 and 6-7. We are proposing to continue one more year with our current materials for grades 5 and 8 to help students transition to the new content aligned with the new state standards.  The estimate for the new science instructional materials is around $32,000.

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As I shared at the last meeting, we have a few recommended changes to the 2019-20 Calendar.
 

1. Wednesday, September 4th will change from a regular school day to an all day staff in-service day with no school for students.

   1. We will have Phil Warrick from Marzano Research kicking off our staff development/teacher evaluation system

2. Monday, October 7th moves from an all day staff in-service/no student day to a regular day of school.

3. Friday, October 11th moves from a regular school day to a no school day for students and staff.

   1. Parent Teacher Conferences will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday that week.

4. Monday, October 21st will move from a no school day for students and staff to an all day staff in-service/no student school day.

   1. We will take our staff to Seward in the morning for a training by Douglas Fisher, co-author of the book All Learning is Social and Emotional, Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond.

5. Wednesday, March 11 will move from a no school day to a regular school day.

6. After these changes we will have 175 student days and 187 teacher days scheduled.

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The Board of Education reserves the right to enter into Closed/Executive Session for 1) the protection of the public interest, or 2) the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and/or the individual has not requested a public meeting. When making a motion to enter into Closed/Executive Session, the member making the motion should be as specific as possible as to the reason(s) for executive session.

The Board President will restate the reason for Closed/Executive Session after the motion has been acted on.