June 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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This meeting has been preceded by advance notice and is hereby declared to be in open session.  A current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is posted on the N.E. wall of the meeting room.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance by publication in the Tri-City Tribune and posted on the Cozad Community Schools website and at the District Office.  Notice of this meeting was also given in advance to all members of the Board of Education.

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The Board of Education invites you to offer comments during the public comments portion of the agenda. This is the portion of the meeting when members of the public may speak to the board about matters of public concern.

When you have been recognized, please stand and state your name and come forward to the front of the board table.

The board will generally allow a total of 20 minutes for the presentation of all public comments. Individuals may speak only one time, and must limit comments to around 5 minutes.  If there are more than 4 individuals who wish to address the board, the 20 minutes will be divided equally between the number of speakers.  These time limits may be changed by a majority vote of the board members in attendance to extend the time for a specific item or speaker.

For additional instructions on public participation, brochures are provided for you to view.  A copy of  Policy 2009 Public Participation at Board Meetings is available upon request.

 

 

Rationale:  Minutes from the Board of Education Regular Meeting on May 14, 2018.
Minutes from the Board of Education Special Meeting on May 24, 2018. 

Rationale:  Congratulations to Matt and Caitlin Smith on the birth of their son, Seyerson Boyd, born on May 21st. 

Congratulations to Jordan and Kara Cudney on the birth of their daughter, Henley Grace, born on June 1st.

Congratulations to Kristin and Kasey Ahlenstorf on the birth of their daughter, Kodi, born on June 11th. 

Condolences to Dawn Beans and family on the death of Dawn's mother, Judith Smock. 

Condolences to Charles and Lisa Petska and family on the death of Charles's brother, Larry Petska. 

Condolences to Bruce and Connie Hird and family on the death of Connie's father, Virgil Coryell. 

Thank you card from Patty Margritz for the staff appreciation steaks. 

Rationale:  Ashley Bartlett, Elementary Para-professional effective June 7, 2018. 

Rationale:  Gabe Estrada, Summer AfterZone - Effective May 22, 2018.
Juanita Way, Elementary Para-Professional - Effective August 9, 2018. 

Rationale:  Gavin Skiles - Curriculum Development, Wayne State College - 3 hours
Gavin Skiles - Fundamental Curriculm Development, Wayne State College - 3 hours

Rationale:  No claim submitted per website not accessible.  Support not available, will contact as soon as possible to figure out why locked out of system.

Rationale:  Correction from the May 14, 2018 Regular Board of Education Meeting:
On the chart presented under Section 6.9 "Discuss, Consider and Take Action on the Approval of meal price increase of $0.05 for the 2018-2019 School Year the price" listed MS/HS lunch at $2.90 instead of the correct price of $3.00 (in keeping with a $0.05 increase). HS/MS lunch prices will increase from $2.95 to $3.00.

Rationale:  The proposed meeting dates are the same layout as last year, with the only difference being the April 8, 2019 regular meeting being a week earlier in case any reductions in force are needed (as those staff members must be notified before April 15th). 

Rationale:  Employees have the choice to apply the stipend towards a Cozad Community Wellness Center membership, punch cards or decline participation.  Stipends for full time stipends employees are $100.00, for part time employees are $50.00.

During the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, punch cards were selected by 46 employees and memberships were selected by 48 employees.  The benefit total was $9,200.00.

 

Rationale:  Unused sick pay (wellness incentive) was first offered to certified staff for the 2005-2006 school year, approved at a board meeting held in August 2005.  Classified staff started to receive the benefit in the 2010-2011 school year, approved at a board meeting held in August 2010.  

Full-time staff receive $50.00 per day and part time staff receive $25.00 per day of unused sick leave, up to the first 8 days.

Average cost for the benefit the past 5 years (including FICA) is $25,967.54.

Rationale:  Another sponsor is requested so that there can be a "live pit" for composition, by our CHS band, rather than paying for recording tracks and licensing fees for the music.  The district currently budgets $3,000.00 to support the Fall Play/Musical every other year.  Licensing fees in the past ranged anywhere from $500 to $1,500.

Mark Messner and Stacie Blackmore will present further rationale.

Rationale:  Admission prices for the 2018-2019 school year are not changing, but the family passes have been restructured so that if a family buys a family pass, they do not have to pay the $35 student participation fee for each of their students involved in activities. Instead, that money will be taken out of the $210 family pass. 

For example: A family has two children, one in 7th grade and one in 9th grade who both participate in activities. $70 would be taken out of the $210 family pass to cover the $35 activity fee for each student and be deposited into the Student Fee Fund, the remaining $140 would be deposited into the Athletics Activity account. 

Rationale:  Services will be provided by Cozad Community Physical Therapy.  Jessica Botts, PT, DPT, will be the regularly scheduled Physical Therapy provider to create consistency for students.

Rationale:  There is a home football game scheduled on Thursday, October 18th. It is Dr. Applegate and the administration's request to move the parent-teacher conferences scheduled for that date to Monday, October 15th from 8AM-8PM. This requires a school calendar change as no school would be held on October 15th and school would be held on October 18th. 

Rationale:  The policy committee met and discussed these policies on 6/5.

Rationale:  Current policy #4132.3 will be changed to policy #3030 with the presented changes, needs adopted.

Rationale:  No current policy, needs adopted.

Rationale:  Proposed to replace current policy #1329, needs adopted.  If adopted, policy #1329 will need to be revoked.

Rationale:  Proposed to replace current policy #1621, needs adopted.  If adopted, policy #1621 will need to be revoked.

Rationale:  No current policy, needs adopted.

Rationale:  No current policy, needs adopted.

Rationale:  No current policy, needs adopted.

Rationale:  No current policy, needs adopted.

Rationale:  If policy #3032 - Copying Fees for School District Records and #3033 - Lending Textbooks to Children Enrolled in Private Schools were adopted, these policies need to be revoked.

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By board member request, we may need to use our committees in a more efficient way.  The committees are set up for better communication and more efficiency of action during board meetings.  Some of our current committees don’t meet at all and some only when issues arise, such as the Facilities Committee for current HVAC project.  

I tried to develop a schedule for committees to meet at least twice a year.  Once in the fall and once in spring unless that committee is needing to meet more often because of a project or major changes.  The committee(s) that need to meet more often can make the determining dates as needed. The time of the meetings can be determined by the members of the committee.

We can not have more than three people on the committee or it will be called an official board meeting.  The Americanism Committee and Personnel and Community Relations Committee will need to be reduced.

This is a draft and the times can be adjusted however the board would like. 

Rationale:  Request to discuss student cell phone use.  Board policy #5151.1: Electronic Devices as well as Page 30 of the MS/HS Student Handbook have been attached for your reference.

Rationale:  Regular Board of Education Meeting - July 16, 2018 at 12:00PM
NASB Candidate Forum in Kearney - July 12, 2018 at 6:30 - 8:30PM, Candidate Judy Eggleston and Dr. Applegate are currently registered.
 

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* Closed Session:  If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Nebraska Open Meetings Law.

**Sequence of Agenda:  The sequence of agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.  Please arrive at the beginning of the meeting.

***Action Item:  The board reserves the right to take action on any item on the board agenda.