February 10, 2020 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale:  INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK AT THE BOARD TABLE.  WHEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH YOUR COMMENTS.  A MAXIMUM TIME LIMIT OF 5 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR EACH AUDIENCE UNLESS AN EXCEPTION IS GRANTED BY THE CHAIR.

Rationale:  A copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the Board Room.  The Board may meet in Closed Session to consider issues including, but not limited to 1) strategy sessions with respect to collective bargaining, real estate purchases, or litigation; 2) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel or devices; 3) investigative proceedings regarding allegations or misconduct; or 4) evaluation of the job performance of a person when necessary to prevent needless injury to the reputation of a person or persons.  The vote to hold a Closed Session shall be taken in open session and the subject matter and reason for the session shall be included in the motion.  The motion and the vote of each member of the Board and the time when the session commenced and concluded shall be recorded in the minutes.  If the motion passes, the President will restate on the record the limitation of the subject matter of the Closed Session.

Rationale:  All matters listed under the Consent Section are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items.  If discussion is desired, the item(s) will be considered at the end of the Consent Section.

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Approve that all legal requirements have been met as to advance notice of this meeting to both individual Board Members and to the public.

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Approval of the agenda as published/revised.Note that items can be removed or amended from the published agenda at this time but additions can be made only through an emergency resolution.

Rationale:  It is recommended to ratify continuing terms for the following current Board member (with term ending in parentheses) including:  Pam Murphy (2023), Butch McDuffee (2023), Maggie Peters (2022). Linsey Bryant (2022). Joel Waters (2022), Gary Bolton (2024), Jennifer Benson (2021), Jane Dugan (2021), Christy Fiala (2021), Brett Richmond (2021), Alma Rosales (2023), Ashley May (2023), and Lisa Schulz (2021).  Dan Moran will continue to serve as the Board of Education representative, and Doug Sheppard (FEA President) and Mark Shepard will continue to serve as non-voting members. 
Recommended Board approval of Officers for 2020 include: Jennifer Benson -President, Gary Bolton- Vice President, Maggie Peters - Secretary and Butch McDuffee - Treasurer.

 

Rationale:  See attached memo
 

Grade	Activity	Schedule
9th Grade	Career Rockit! Field Trip	7:50 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
10th Grade	PreACT Test	7:50 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
11th Grade	ACT Test	7:50 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
12th Grade	College Visits/Scholarship Applications	No School

*All grade levels will be served both breakfast and lunch on this day.
 

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The Fremont Board of Education and the Fremont Education Association agreed to a settlement for 2020-2021 which includes 1) a total package increase of 3.8%, which moves the base to $36,330, 2) maintains the flat salary stipend at $8,000 and 3) an employer paid insurance premium option was also added with the following description:  The District will contribute the amount of $3,000 towards the purchase of any of the Educators Health Alliance (EHA) Insurance plans.

 

Rationale:  Personnel changes necessitate updates in authorized signers on the District bank accounts.  With the consent of the Board of Education, Dodge County School District 001 authorizes the use of the banks listed and approves the authorized signers.  This remains in effect until further action of the Board.  The listing of banks and authorized signers are attached.  

Rationale:  Memo attached

Rationale:  See attached memo