May 10, 2021 at 6:30 PM - Americanism Mtg #1 and Regular Meeting

Rationale:  The Curriculum, Americanism, and Multicultural Education Committee will conduct the 1st of 2 required annual meetings regarding American Civics. The committee meeting will begin at 6:30 and will conclude in time for the May regular board meeting to begin at 7:00 p.m.

Rationale:  Kori Stanosheck from NASB will present the Strategic Planning Framework as a result of the strategic planning efforts the district has engaged in this and last school year.

The presentation will take about an hour and will begin at 7:00 p.m. The regular board meeting will immediately follow at 8:00 p.m.

Rationale:  The May 10, 2021, regular meeting will follow the Strategic Planning Framework Presentation by NASB.  The regular meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m. or shortly after.

Rationale:  Bartlett Family painting put in an initial proposal to paint the stained portions of the gym ceiling (due to leaks) as well as the white walls.  We did not realize the original bid did not include the gray low portion with the black accent stripe and that was added to the project so the gym should be good to go for several years.

The total cost to repaint the gym is $15,756.65. It is recommended we use depreciation funds to pay this invoice. 

Rationale:  This is the first payment for the gym floor project to include mobilization of materials and tear-out. The total for this invoice is $21,350 to be paid with Special Building Funds.

Rationale:  Our current floor machine (the Adphibian) is about 15 or so years old.  In June of 2019, we repaired the machine knowing it was near the end of it's useful life.  We ended up getting about 2 more years of use out of the adphibian.

Nick and the other custodians have been participating in demos of new floor machines.  After much consideration, the recommendation is to purchase 2 machines to replace the 1 we currently have.  This is not only more cost-effective but allows us to scrub floors and do carpets at the same time.

The cost would be $13,706.80 for both machines and necessary attachments for the carpet machine.  The Kodiak K19 scrubber is $7,641.03. The ES 400 XLP carpet extractor is $6,065.77 with attachments. To replace the machine we have it would cost $16,000 to $17,000.  

We do have the budget in the general fund to make this purchase.  However, it would be acceptable to use depreciation funds as well.  We are asking the board to approve the purchase of these machines and to indicate which fund they prefer.

Rationale:  Stephen Crile has accepted a position with Alliance for the 2021-22 school year.

Rationale:  Alyssa Dickson has accepted a position with Thayer-Central Public Schools for the 2021-22 school year to move back closer to family.

Alyssa's resignation letter was received on April 27, 2021.

Rationale:  Danielle Severin has been offered a position to teach secondary Math for the 2021-22 school year.

Rationale:  Jessica Kempcke has been offered a contract to teach secondary PE for the 2021-22 school year.

Rationale:  It is time to renew our contract for SPED services through ESU17.  The contract for next year is $595,244 compared to $692,203 this year.  The main difference is Rachel Williams is now on our staff instead of the ESU17 staff.  As discussed earlier, this is a staffing and cost advantage to the district. 

Rationale:  This is our contract for regular education Nursing Services as provided by ESU17 to pay Leanne Maxwell and Lori Clapper for their services as RN's for the district

Rationale:  Annually, the district works with LunchTime Solutions following NDE Nutrition Services guidelines to determine pricing recommendations as we plan for a new school year.  State and Federal guidelines require basic price increases in order to maintain eligibility for free and reduced meal reimbursement to the district.  The amount of increase is determined by a calculation tool provided by NDE in which the district and LunchTime use in order to determine the recommended prices for breakfast and lunch. 

Last year, we increase all meal prices by .10.  This year, we are recommending a .05 increase on breakfast and .10 on lunch.  

Rationale:  The next regular meeting of the Board is scheduled for June 14, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. in the District Office. Current agendas will be available for public inspection in the office of the superintendent.