August 13, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1.  Review monthly bills using the EMeetings Software.

2.  Review all credit card transactions for the month.

3.  Finance Committee Members Sign-off on review of monthly bills, credit card transactions, and district fund balances.

4.  Approve superintendent's expenses (credit card transactions, mileage, cell phone reimbursement).

5.  Activity Fund Balance & Estimated Transfer Required Before End of Business Year-

6.  Depreciation Fund Transfer- $213,769 was budgeted for transfers from the General Fund to the Depreciation Fund.  $59,396.74 has been transferred thus far.  Up to $154,372.26 would be eligible for transfer to the Depreciation Fund without exceeding the budgeted amount.

7.  Bond Fund Transfer-Yes, again.  We thought we were done receiving bond fund proceeds from the county treasurer, but we got one last month, so we will have to do one more transfer from the bond fund to the general fund to make a record of the total amount transferred.

8.  Bus Grant Opportunity-We were awarded the grant in the amount of up to $42,000.  50% of a diesel bus is can be reimbursed up to $42,000.

9.  ALICAP Insurance Bill-The last time we paid insurance with our previous carrier in the spring of 2016, we paid $99,921 for our renewal.  When they bid the insurance in 2017, the bid price for the same coverage came down to $93,335, compared to ALICAP's $78,679 bid.  This next school year, our cost will be $68,176.  The reduction is a result of having a low worker's compensation modifier for our last "three-year run".  So, for SY 2017-18, this resulted in $14,656 of saving & for SY 2018-19, this will result in $25,159.  A total savings of $39,815 over SY 2017-18 & SY 2018-19.

10.  2018-19 School District Budget & Levy Discussion



 

Members of the Public, 

This is the portion of the board meeting when we invite anyone in attendance to address the board of education. If you would like to speak to the board regarding any of the items on tonight's agenda or a public concern, now is your opportunity to do so.  Please review the orange sheet (found on the visitors' chairs) of paper that contains the guidelines for public participation.  If you wish to speak to the board at this time, please let me know.  "Would anyone like to address the board at this time?"

AFTER THE PERSON(S) INDICATE(S) THEY WISH TO SPEAK

1.  Please stand and state your name?

2.  What topic will you be speaking on?

3.  Are there others in the room who wish to speak to the same topic? (If so, ask that they be recognized so that 30 minutes of time for public comment can be apportioned as per the policy-5 minutes per person).

4.  Optional-"Please understand that public comment is your opportunity to speak to the board and present your concerns, thoughts, feelings, ideas, and observations.  Members of the board are happy to hear from members of the public, but the board will not engage in conversation or dialogue with you during public comment."

4.  "You'll have approximately 5 minutes to address the board, as we allow 5 minutes per person and a total of 30 minutes for public comment.  You may begin when you are ready?"

In preparation for the return of staff and students:

·         Pre-service days have been planned been going well.

• • We began work on prioritizing the elements of Marzano’s Art and Science of Teaching.   Marzano identifies 43 instructional strategies (elements) and while they are all important it is recommend that the District determine which ones we want to focus on (these are often the elements that will be included in an evaluation)

  • We had Calmer Classroom training which deals with information and strategies to work with students that have experienced trauma.

  • We reviewed our safety manual, discussed SRP including active shooter, and made sure everyone had the Crisis Go App

  • Mr. Kjar and I conducted new teacher orientation

  • New this year Mr. Kjar and I had substitute teacher orientation.

• The building and grounds have been cleaned, painted, and repaired.  Phase 2 of the HVAC has been completed and the new playground equipment has been installed.  As always the building looks GREAT! - THANK YOU Dan, Todd and Crew!

• Elementary Open House (Tues, August 14 from 3-6:30 pm)

Secondary Student/Parent Orientation

It appeared to go well and was well attended.  Parents appeared to be supportive of the implementation of random testing as no parents asked questions or indicated displeasure regarding the policy.  As part of this orientation our S.R.P. and Run, Hide, Fight training videos were emailed to parents. A special thank you to Shari Spaulding, Hilary Bolling, Karalee Fiddelke, Dave Huryrta, Angie Drahota, Dom Reicks, and our student helpers  for all the organization and planning that went into orientation. We are considering some organizational changes in the future that may make checking out student computers a more streamlined process that takes less time.  

Fall Activities have started.  Good luck to all Coaches/Sponsors and participants!  

As the summer comes to an end we are excited to begin another school year.