March 8, 2021 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale:  Recognition:

• Mikayla Schroeder (6th Place Medalist), FKC Speech and 5th Place Medalist at Distric Speech in Humorous Prose.
• Danielle Claflin (4th place Medalist in Serious Prose) District Speech
• Brendan Hall (5th Place Medalist) , Reece Jones, Aaron Hernandez, State Wrestling 
• Student of the Month
  • PreK-3rd: Braylend Bowie, Pre-school       (by Mrs. Schroeder) 
  • 4th - 8th:  Carson Bosak, 8th grader.         (by Mrs. Nichols)
  • 9th - 12th: Jayson Guthard, 10th grader.   (by Mrs. Schroeder) 

Rationale:  Executive Summary

Reports from various committees who have met during the month prior to the current board meeting.

• Buildings and grounds.

SEM Board of Education Sub-Committee Members

• American Civics
  • Matt Hothem, Dirk Triplett, Jennifer Anderson
• Budget and Finance
  • Chris Reiter, Jennifer Anderson, Jana Hoos
• Negotiations
  • Chris Reiter, Jennifer Anderson, Jana Hoos
• Policy and Handbook 
  • Matt Hothem, Dirk Triplett, Jennifer Anderson
• Buildings, grounds, and transportation
  • Matt Hothem, Dirk Triplett, Rachel Hrasky

Rationale:  Executive summary:

Mrs. Bauer meets all the SEM-BOE incentive package requirements, and it is my recommendation to approve her for the incentive package. 

Mrs. Roos meets all the SEM-BOE incentive package requirements, and it is my recommendation to approve her for the incentive package.

Rationale:  Executive Summary:

February 25, 2021:

I received a letter from Mrs. Edith Bauer indicating her intent to retire at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.  Mrs. Bauer has been with the district for 24 years and has been a very influential part of the lives of so many SEM students. 

Mrs. Bauer will be completing her contract in good faith and has no contractual obligations to return to the district.  I personally believe Mrs. Bauer has been a fine teacher and a great advocate for students. 


March 5, 2021

I received a letter from Mrs. Kathleen  Roos indicating her intent to retire at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.  Mrs. Roos has been with the district for many years and has been a very influential part of the lives of so many SEM students. 

Mrs. Roos will be completing her contract in good faith and has no contractual obligations to return to the district.  I personally believe Mrs. Roos has been a fine teacher and a great advocate for students. 

Rationale:  Executive Summary:

Policy 5001 Compulsory Attendance and Excessive Absenteeism is a policy that is required to be reviewed annually.  March is the customary time to review the policy.  Since this is a KSB policy, this particularly policy will have to be adopted by the board of education.  

The policy is generic with three specific areas that will make the policy fitting to the SEM district.  

• Paragraph 9
  • Confirm or modify list of excused absences.
• Paragraph 10
  • When a student receives 5 unexcused absences or the hourly equivalent in any semester, the Attendance Officer will follow the attached procedure for addressing barriers to the student’s attendance.
• Paragraph 11
  • Attendance Officer may/must file a report with the appropriate county attorney.

Rationale:  Executive Summary:

• Currently, no non-special educational alternative educational programs are being utilized by SEM.  
  • Example: Mosaic 
• Students who are behind or not on track to graduate after administrative approval may enroll in such programs as odyssey student recovery educational technology. 
  • Restricted to transfer students, medical issues,  and student exclusions for policy violations. 

Policy Update

• Policy 6016 from KSB on Homebound & Off-campus Instruction will specifically target this issue. 
• This policy can be ratified tonight with a board motion or adopted with all of the 6000 series policies at a later date. 

 

Rationale:  Executive Summary:

• SEM is scheduled for external visitation in March of 2022.
  • I have submitted the request with NDE and am waiting to hear about a final date. 
• External visitations are designed to be teacher-led, with administrative support.  
  • External Team: Erika Kappel, Tierra Bowie, Angie Ourada,  Laurie Smith, and Mr. Schmidt.
• During the 2022 external visitation, the Board of Education will be one of the committees that the external team will meet. 

Rationale:  Executive Summary:

• March 1, 2021, Mr. Larry Witt will conduct a Rule 10 safety audit in compliance with NDE.
  • I received the report on Thursday, March 4, 2021, and it is included.  
  • In addition, I have included the 2020 report for comparison and the 2020-2021 ALICAP report. 

Rationale:  Executive Summary:

• Certified employee; contract amendment, termination, nonrenewal, or cancellation: on or before, Thursday, April 15, 2021. 
• If the district is planning on amending, terminating, or not renewing an employee's contract for the 2021-2022 school, it must be completed in writing on or before Thursday, April 15, 2021. 
• Final action on this contract must take place on or before Saturday, May 15, 2021. 

Rationale:  Executive Summary:

Through attrition, the district has decreased its Full-Time Equivalency (FTE) amongst the non-certified staff members by 2.  Positions lost 1 year-round office staff member, 1 paraprofessional.

• Concerns, both positions were also certified, substitute teachers.
• One route and activities bus driver.
• One coach

The current plan is not to hire any new non-certified staff members and develop current staff members who can absorb the duties.  The biggest and most prevalent concern is a bus driver.