May 13, 2019 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 April 17, 2019 Board of Education Special Meeting

Rationale:  Correspondence received from the City of Cozad- Redevelopment Authority dated April 16, 2019. 

Congratulations to Nathan & Ashley Simpson on the birth of their son, Jordan Jett Simpson. 

Condolences to Dave Mead and family on the death of Dave's father, Teddy Mead.

 

Rationale:  Stephen Fokken, Bus Driver, leaving at the end of the 18-19 school year 

Rationale:  David Squiers, University of Nebraska at Kearney, PE for Students with Disabilities, 3 credit hours
David Squiers, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Analysis of PE Teaching, 3 credit hours
David Squiers, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Special Topics in Education, 3 credit hours 

Rationale:  Representatives from Tremco Inc. will be present at the meeting to discuss the proposals with the board. 

Rationale:  AP: $100,250.45

Rationale:  AP: $45,293.10

Rationale:  Gavin Skiles, High School Business 

Correspondence: Also received letter of resignation from Dave Evertson, Technology Director. 

Rationale:  New Hires:
Tamela Smith, High School Guidance Counselor
McKenzie Koenig, Secondary Agriculture Teacher
Benjamin Vetrovsky, High School Business and Technology Teacher 

Rationale:  Proposed Meal Prices for 2019-2020 School Year
CEEC/Elementary Breakfast: $1.55
CEEC/Elementary Lunch: $2.90

MS/HS Breakfast: $1.80
MS/HS Lunch: $3.10

Adult Breakfast: $2.35
Adult Lunch: $3.75

*Proposed 10 cent increase on all meal prices per the completion of the paid lunch equity tool given by NDE. The only exception to this is for adult lunch prices (which increased by 20 cents due to being out of the adult lunch range last year).

Rationale:  As recommended by Dave Evertson, Technology Director

Rationale:  2018-2019 (Current) Daily Rates:
Local - $100.00
Certified - $110.00
Long Term - $188.65 (1/185th of base); begins the 11th consecutive day

2019-2020 (Proposed) Daily Rates:
Local - $105.00
Certified - $115.00
Long-Term - $150.00; begins the 11th consecutive day
*If long term rate change approved, will need to update Policy #4028 Administrative Guidelines to reflect change.

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

During the 2018-2019 school year, punch cards were selected by 48 employees and memberships were selected by 41 employees.  The benefit total was $8,660.

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.  This incentive was not approved for the 2018-2019 school year after board action was taken in June 2018.

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

The average cost for the benefit the past 5 years as of June 2018 (including FICA) was $25,967.54.

Rationale:  Administrative Contracts and Salaries for:
William Beckenhauer, High School Principal
James Ford, Special Education Director/ Early Education Center Principal 
Dale Henderson, Elementary School Principal 
Brian Regelin, Middle School Principal 
Patty Wolfe, Technology Director

Rationale:  Ron from Brockmann, Inc. inspected our auditorium, mezzanine and shop classrooms for asbestos. He took samples of materials from around the lights and some from a hanging panel in the auditorium. He also checked the piping going down our hallways.  The good news is there is no asbestos on the piping going down the hallways. The piping in the shop rooms have no asbestos. Really, the asbestos is isolated in the mezzanine and we will find out about the auditorium later this week. This could be great savings for us as we move forward with our HVAC updates.

Rationale:  NASB New Board Member Connections Workshop- June 13, 2019 in Kearney
NASB Member Golf Outing- June 13, 2019 in Kearney
NASB School Law Seminar- June 14, 2019 in Kearney 
Board of Education Regular Meeting- June 17, 2019 at noon 

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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.