Public Meeting Agenda: December 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Milford Public Schools Board of Education Information

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.

1.1. Meeting was advertised in the December 6, 2023, Milford Times

2. Opening Procedures

2.1. Call to Order, Roll Call

2.2. Excuse Absent Board Member(s)

2.3. Open Meeting Law - 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

More Information:

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.

2.4. Additions to Agenda

2.5. Welcome and Introduction of Visitors

2.6. Community Input

More Information:

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.

3. Consent Agenda

Recommended Motion(s): Motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.

3.1. Review, Consider, and Take All Necessary Action on the Minutes of Previous Meeting

3.2. Review, Consider, and Take All Necessary Action to Approve Payment of Claims

More Information:

General Fund for $80,453.64
Payroll for $786,773.97
Total $867,227.61

Expenditures to Point Out:

We have $1,564 to various parents for reimbursement for the fall ACT test for juniors. This will be reimbursed by the anonymous donation grant we receive in the summer.
$9,111.41 to the COOP is higher than normal. Diesel prices and mileage were up. Also, we had to replace tires on 3 buses after inspections.
$15,500 to Porter is for our financial audits. In addition to our regular audit, we had to have an additional audit on our federal funds due to the ARRA grants. The cost of our audits has increased significantly compared to 5 years ago due to the additional requirements in the audits.
$2,110 to Kidwell is for repairs to our intercom system.
$720 to KSB Law is for special education items, student discipline items, and a staff item. $600 of the expenditures are special education related.
$635 to McGraw Hill is for de-coding and reading books for special education classes.
$2,424 to Home Depot Pro is for our paper products for maintenance and heating/cooling unit filters.

Additional Expenditures Added Monday:

JW Pepper HS Vocal Supplies $24.99
NCSA HS Asst Prin Registration Fees $200.00
Omaha World Herald HS Lib Periodicals $109.45
Omnify Benefits HSA Fees (Nov) $32.00
Quill LLC Dist Paper Supplies $1,999.00
Water Engineering Inc HS Maint Supplies $317.63
Windstream Telephone Long Distance $1,172.52

Total Additional Expenditures is $3,855.59

Overall:

Our monthly average expenditures to date is at $967,213. This is $49,755 higher than this time last year.
After this month's expenditures, we have a cash on hand of $62,898.41.

4. Reports

4.1. Review/Discuss Administrative Reports

4.2. Review/Discuss Student Enrollment Report

More Information: PK - 37 (up one student compared to last month)

K-6 - 396 (up one student compared to last month)
7-8 - 134 (up one student compared to last month)
9-12 - (same as last month)
K-12 - is up two students compared to last month.

4.3. Review/Discuss State Education Conference

More Information: This is a chance to share or discuss any information related to the Educatoin Conference.

4.4. Review/Discuss Student Demographics and Assessment Data Report

4.5. Review/Discuss 2024-25 School Calendar Options

4.6. Review/Discuss District Guiding Principles and School Improvement Process

4.7. Review/Discuss Nebraska Legislature

More Information: https://nebraskalegislature.gov

The session begins on January 3rd, 2024.

4.8. Review/Discuss State Funding for Public Education

More Information:

Open discussion as needed.

5. Board Commentary

6. Unfinished Business

6.1. Review/Discuss 2023-24 Board Meeting Dates/Times and Possible Action on Future Board Meeting Dates/Times

6.2. Review, Consider, and Take All Necessary Action on Evaluation of Superintendent

7. New Business

7.1. Americanism/Committee on American Civics Meeting (Committee and Board as a Whole)

Minutes will be taken as required.
Public testimony.
Examine, review, and reapprove social studies curriculum, testing, and instruction to ensure compliance with 79-724 1 (c) – (f), 4., 5., 6., and 7 (if needed).

Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action regarding new requirements from 79-724.

More Information: Dave will open the hearing and ask for any public input. We do not have any new curriculum to review. The District meets the items in the attached document. Dave will close the hearing.

7.2. Review, Consider, and Take All Necessary Action on Early Graduation Request for 2024-25 School Year

More Information: Student making request meets all requirements of Policy 5065. The policy is attached.

Recommended Motion(s): Motion to approve the 2024-25 Early Graduation request by Hailey Jones. Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.

7.3. Review, Consider, and Take All Necessary Action on Resolution to Establish a Line of Credit at Farmers and Merchants Bank

Recommended Motion(s): Motion to approve resolution to open line of credit to borrow money through Farmers and Merchants Bank as presented. Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.

7.4. Review, Consider, and Take All Necessary Action on Student and Staff Items

More Information: Discussion will be in Executive Session.

Motion that will be used on the Executive Session agenda item. Motion for executive session: Motion to enter Executive Session for the purpose of discussing Agenda Items 6.2 and 7.4. The Executive session is necessary for the protection of public interest and for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and/or the individual has not requested a public meeting.

8. Executive Session

More Information:

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.

8.1. Executive Session for Agenda Items 6.2 and 7.4

More Information: No board action will be taken after the executive session.

Motion for executive session: Motion to enter Executive Session for the purpose of discussing Agenda Items 6.2 and 7.4. The Executive session is necessary for the protection of public interest and for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and/or the individual has not requested a public meeting.

Recommended Motion(s): Motion to enter Executive Session for the purpose of discussing Agenda Items 6.2 and 7.4. The Executive Session is necessary for the protection of public interest and for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and/or the individual has not requested a public meeting. Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.

9. Adjourn

Recommended Motion(s): Motion to adjourn the meeting Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.

December 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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