Public Meeting Agenda: July 13, 2023 at 6:06 PM - Board of Education Meeting

AGENDA

Call the meeting to order

Roll Call

Discussion: Also present were Superintendent Kevin Reiman, Director of School Improvement and Special Education Amy Kroll, PreK-8th Grade Principal Mary Mozena, and Asst. Principal/AD Michelle Heath.

Acknowledgement of Nebraska Open Meetings Act posted

Discussion: The BOE President acknowledged the posting of the Nebraska Meetings Act.

Excuse absent board members

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the absence of board member Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Neil Huskey moved to approve the absence of board member Jason Brack and Hayle Dehne. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Approval of consent agenda

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes of the last regular meeting, Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time, financial reports and payment of general funds bills, and the next regular meeting date Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Mark Rathe moved to approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes of the last regular meeting, Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time, financial reports and payment of general funds bills, and the next regular meeting date. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Approval of previous meetings minutes

Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time

Discussion: The meeting date, time, and location was published in the Syracuse Journal Democrat

Financial Reports and Payment of Bills

Attachments: (1)

JUL23 FINANCIAL BOARD RE_001

7/12/2023 at 9:45 AM

Next regular meeting date - August 21, 2023

Communications

Visitors/Open Forum and staff and program presentations

Discussion: Visitors may address the board during this portion of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to 5 minutes. Multiple speakers for the same subject should appoint a single spokesperson to address the board for a maximum of 5 minutes.

Action Items

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to renew membership in Nebraska Rural Schools and Communities Association

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to renew membership in Nebraska Rural Schools and Communities Association at a cost of $850 Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Doug Meyer moved to renew membership in Nebraska Rural Schools and Communities Association at a cost of $850. Mark Rathe seconded the motion. Motion Passed

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Comments: ADM REC: To renew membership in NRSCA at a cost of $850

Attachments: (1)

Weeping Water Dues Invoice 7-1-22

7/6/2022 at 12:38 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to purchase new business curriculum

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to purchase business curriculum from Cengage Learning at a cost of $10,873.34 Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Neil Huskey moved to purchase business curriculum from Cengage Learning at a cost of $10,873.34. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Comments: ADM REC: To purchase business curriculum from Cengage Learning at a cost of $10,873.34

Attachments: (1)

Cengage Learning - Quote

6/29/2023 at 12:10 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to adopt the 2023/2024 Student Handbook

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to adopt the 2023/2024 Student Handbook Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Neil Huskey moved to adopt the 2023/2024 Student Handbook. Doug Meyer seconded the motion. Motion Passed

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Comments: ADM RED: To adopt the 2022/2023 Student Handbook

Links:

23/24 Student Handbook

Changes are highlighted in red

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to adopt the 2023/2024 Staff Handbook

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to adopt the 2023/2024 Staff Handbook Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Mark Rathe moved to adopt the 2023/2024 Staff Handbook. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Comments: ADM REC: To adopt the 2022/2023 Staff Handbook

Links:

23/24 Staff Handbook

Changes are highlighted in red

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to give approval to policies to be reviewed

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to give approval to review policies 4018 - Corporal Punishment, 4019 - Workplace Injury Prevention and Safety Committee, 4020 - Ownership of Copyrighted Works, 4022 - Certification, and 4023 - Professional Ethics Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Betty Harms moved to give approval to review policies 4018 - Corporal Punishment, 4019 - Workplace Injury Prevention and Safety Committee, 4020 - Ownership of Copyrighted Works, 4022 - Certification, and 4023 - Professional Ethics. Neil Huskey seconded the motion. Motion Passed

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Discussion: The following policies meet KSB's recommendations:

4018 - Corporal Punishment
4019 - Workplace Injury Prevention and Safety Committee
4020 - Ownership of Copyrighted Works
4022 - Certification
4023 - Professional Ethics

Comments: ADM REC: To review policies 4018 - Corporal Punishment, 4019 - Workplace Injury Prevention and Safety Committee, 4020 - Ownership of Copyrighted Works, 4022 - Certification, and 4023 - Professional Ethics

Links:

Weeping Water Policy Schedule

The following link is Weeping Water's tentative schedule for the review of current policies. The schedule is subject to change.
Policies to be considered this month

The link lists all policies to be considered this month

Reports

Administration Reports

Discussion: Activities Director / Asst. Principal

Fall schedules submitted for calendars
Record Boards updated
Coaches & Sponsors Meeting July 31 @ 8:00 am
1. Transportation training for selected sponsors @ 9:00
ECNC meeting - Aug. 2
Fall Sports Parent Meeting - Aug. 7 @ 6:00
1. Individual team meetings to follow
Softball Scrimmage - Aug. 12th vs Centura 10:00 am @ Springfield City Park
Sports Info Day - working on setting it for Aug. 14th at 3:30
Sports Scrimmages - Aug. 18th
1. Volleyball at 5:30
2. Football at 7:00

PreK-8th Grade Principal

NSCAS review complete and validated on adviser
Fast bridge has rolled over and staff materials are being printed for the new year
New families have been called and welcomed to the district
Amy and I met with Debbie from ESU to plan the first two months of teacher inservice
Middle School Back to School Pool Party planned and invites will be sent out in a couple of weeks

Director of School Improvement / Special Education

Continuous Improvement:

We're finalizing the schedule for teacher Professional Development before school resumes: August 14th- 16th. The schedule will be mailed out at the end of July. We have been intentional in allowing for teacher classroom time.
New Teacher orientation will be August 3rd. The four new teachers have been assigned a mentor (veteran teacher) to provide support throughout the year.

Special Education:

Special Education Teachers will have a day of planning on August 10th to reflect recommendations from the NDE and school attorneys.
A couple of reports are due to be completed by the end of the month and student information will be rolled over for the next school year on the platforms that we use.

Sixpence/Bright Arrows Childcare:

The three days of Professional Development for childcare staff was a great success! We've created new partnerships which will allow for more PD in the future.
We need to recruit Sixpence-eligible families. We've had families move from the district or aged out of the program and are enrolling in PreK.
Conestoga has taken over their grant and will be an independent program. We hope to continue to collaborate, but they will no longer need direct supervision (as required by the Sixpence Grant).

Superintendent

Board Reports

Adjournment

Regular Board
Attendance Taken on 7/17/2023 at 7:59 AM
Jason Brack	Absent
Haley Dehne	Absent
Adam DeMike	Present
Betty Harms	Present
Neil Huskey	Present
Doug Meyer	Present
Mark Rathe	Present
Present: 5, Absent: 2

July 13, 2023 at 6:06 PM - Board of Education Meeting

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