December 13, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Osceola Public Schools Board of Education Information
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Discussion:
Notice of this meeting was posted at the Jeffrey Elementary School, Osceola Middle School/High School, Pinnacle Bank of Osceola, and the Osceola Post Office on December 9, 2021. This notice was also published in The Polk County News on the same date. A copy of the agenda items is tentative and may be changed by the Board if necessary.
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2. Opening Procedures
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2.1. Call the Meeting to Order
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Discussion:
President Boruch called the regular meeting to order at 6:23 PM and informed those in attendance that a current copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the meeting room, then directed the public to its location.
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2.2. Roll Call
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Discussion:
Also present were Superintendent Lavaley, Principal Breckner, Principal Webster and Debra Berry.
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2.3. Excuse Board Members Who Are Absent
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3. Approval of Agenda
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Recommended Motion(s):
Approval of the agenda as written Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4. Recognition of Visitors/Communications from the Public
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Discussion:
There were no patrons at the meeting.
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5. Reports
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5.1. Student Report
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Discussion:
Miss Blaike Bryan was not able to attend the board meeting.
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5.2. Principals Reports
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5.2.1. Elementary Report
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Discussion:
Elementary Principal Brett Webster gave his written and oral report about: MAPS/NSCAS/Acadience testing will be done this week; the last day for students for the first semester is Tuesday, December 21st; Mrs. Ritter and the students did a fantastic job at the Winter concert; the AR party will be at Central City; the Book Fair sold $1.496.75 worth of books which gives each elementary teacher about $45.00 for classroom books; and Behavior Specialist Brandy Rose will meet with teachers, mentors and mentees on January 4th.
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5.2.2. MS/HS Report
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Discussion:
Middle/High School Principal Brent Breckner gave his written and oral report about: Basketball and Wrestling Programs are very successful; Speech practices will begin soon; working with the staff and ESU staff; the Middle/High School Holiday Concert will be held on Tuesday, December 14th; final semester tests are December 17th and December 20th; Tuesday, December 21st will be mini lessons and spirit games for the students; and NSCAS and NWEA testing is scheduled for January.
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5.3. Superintendent’s Report
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Discussion:
Superintendent Jason Lavaley gave his written and oral report about: a possible new sound system for the track/football field; the accomplishments of One Act, Basketball and Wrestling; a bus lease agreement was submitted to KSB School Law for review; the mentors and mentees involved in the Teacher Mentoring Program will meet on January 4th; and a review of the the Superintendent's leave and calendar.
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5.4. Board Reports
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Discussion:
There were no board reports.
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6. Action Items
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6.1. Consent Agenda
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Consent Agenda
Recommended Motion(s):
Approval of the consent agenda Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6.1.1. Approval of the Previous Meeting’s Minutes
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6.1.2. Treasurer’s Report
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6.1.3. Payment of general fund claims in the amount of $333,722.04
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6.1.4. Payment of qualified capital purpose undertaking fund claims of $221,415.62
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Discussion:
There were no qualified capital purpose undertaking fund claims. This error was made by copying a previous agenda.
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6.2. Consider, discuss and take all necessary action on updating the following policies: 2009 Public Participation at Board Meetings, 6004 Curriculum Development, 6013 Teaching Controversial Issues, 6020 Multicultural Education.
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6.3. Consider, discuss and take all necessary action to accept a letter of resignation from Vicky Klein as the head cook.
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Thank you, Mrs. Klein, for all of your hard work and dedication to Osceola Public Schools. Good luck in your new adventure!
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. Move Spring Break from March 3-4 to March 10-11. This would change the end of the quarter from March 11th to March 9th with a 1:30pm out on that day.
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Discussion:
Superintendent Lavaley talked about moving Spring Break from March 3rd - 4th to March 10th and 11th to accommodate for Boys and Girls State Basketball being on the same week in March this year. This would change the end of the quarter from March 11th to March 9th with a 1:30 PM out on that day.
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7.2. Teacher Negotiations
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The Board came out executive session at 7:37 PM.
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8. Executive Session
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9. Next Meeting Dates and Times
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9.1. Regular meeting, January10, 2022, 6:00 PM at the Osceola Middle/High School Media Center.
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10. Adjournment
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Recommended Motion(s):
Moved to adjourn meeting at 7:00 p.m. Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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