May 8, 2023 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.

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 other non-agenda topics concerning the school district - since it is not an agenda item the board cannot discuss or take action on the matter at this time. To be recognized, all participants must complete the Request to Address the Milford Board of Education Form.  The District has established separate complaint procedures for any complaints, including complaints and concerns against individual employees.  As such, the Board requests that this complaint process be followed before discussion with the Board takes place.  Thank you for your participation.

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General Fund for $112,846.55
Payroll for $719,952.38
Total $832,798.93
Depreciation Fund for $38,953.85

Items to Point Out:

1. Depreciation - $18,114 to Apple for iPads is for the 23/24 school year and $20,839 to Bosn is for replacement of the compressors on the chiller (heating/cooling unit) at the north end of the high school.
2. $91 to Frontier Home Medical is for the rental of a student lift for a special education student.
3. $17,132 to Bosn is for the cleaning or washing out of one of the boilers at the high school.

Other Items

1. General Fund Cash on Hand after paying expenditures is $2,366,363.  This is our highest ending balance since last spring.  This reflects property tax revenue this month based on our updated tax request numbers.  Our last state aid payment for the year is in May.
2. General Fund expenditures to date are $8,310,799 and this is an increase of $863,424 (or 11.59%) compared to this time last year.  18.89% of the total is for general fund expenditures and 81.11% is for payroll.
3. The Depreciation Fund account has a balance of $546,768.
4. The Special Building Fund account has a balance of $844,912.  We have a $315,000 payment due in July.  

More Information:  Our Educational Service Unit offers two Transition Programs for Students with a Disability ages 18-21; CRAVE and Project SEARCH. Project SEARCH is the transition program for young adults during their final year of high school. It is an internship program designed to transition young adults with disabilities from the high school setting into employment within the workplace. The program provides real-life work experience combined with training in employability and independent living skills to help young adults with disabilities make successful transitions from school to productive adult life.

After completing our ESU6 CRAVE transition program last May, Isaac Hollist began his journey at Project SEARCH this fall. Isaac turned 21 on September 14 and will graduate from Project SEARCH and Milford Public Schools this Wednesday, May 10th, at 10am in York, NE.

Isaac is here to "tell his story" and present "his chapter" at Project SEARCH with the Board. Isaac is joined by Project Search Coordinator Nichole Wetjen. 
 

More Information:  PreSchool - 41
K-6 is at 424
7-8 is at 138
9-12 is at 221
K-12 is at 783

Down two (2) students compared to last month.

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Open discussion as needed.

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More Information:  We are happy to announce that Keziah Bruns has accepted our offer to be our next elementary music teacher.  Keziah is from Waco and graduated from Concordia.  She was an everyday sub for us to end the year last year.  This past year she taught at a Lutheran school in Kansas City.  

More Information:  Milford is part of the Southeastern Milk Cooperative with Southern Schools, Diller Odell, Fairbury, Tri County, and Wilber.  We have been working together for 3 years now.  This year they have requested board action on the bids.  We only received a bid from Hiland Dairy.  Bid prices only increased 2-3 cents this year compared to last year's 10-11 cent increase.  We are approving bids on an escalating and de-escalating basis.  Meaning our individual costs of items could change monthly based on market pricing.  We have come out ahead using this process instead of using a locked-in guaranteed price.

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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.