April 11, 2022 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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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).

5.  Lunch Fund Review-Monthly Lunch Fund Balance Worksheet Attached

6.  Payroll Ledger Review

7.  Insurance Billing Review

8.  ACH Payroll Review

10.  Vulcan Oven

It is here we are just waiting for a gas line connection kit to arrive and we will get it hooked up and operational.  It is our last planned kitchen appliance update.  

11.  Concession Stand Update

The renovation work has been completed and it is operational and was used at the MS track meet on Tuesday. 

12.  Food Service Sales Update

Please see that attached document regarding breakfast, lunch, and a-la-carte sales. 

Breakfast/Lunch Prices for 2022-2023:  Hilary and I will do more research on this and bring it back to you, but we may need to increase prices based on increased costs.  

13.  Fund Balance Update

March Fund Balance Comparison
	2021	2022
General Fund Checking	$1,220,826.59	$1,143,724.97
General Fund CD	$2,160,118.77	$2,162,146.05
General Fund Total	$3,380,945.36	$3,305,871.02
Building Fund	$659,726.32	$809,000.60
Depreciation Fund	$208,233.11	$194,070.55
Employee Benefit Fund	$115,067.50	$115,527.53
Total Fund Balance	$4,363,972.29	$4,424,469.70

The General Fund Balance isn't exactly accurate as we have $21,000 in computer reimbursement and $15,000 from the Lunch Fund that will be transferred back in May.  We will also be receiving ESSERs III reimbursement for the Educlimber and NEE as soon as NDE and I can get on the same page for that request of $10,000.  Thus, there is roughly $46,000 that will be added to that balance in the next month or two.

We have currently expensed 54.12% of our general fund budget.  Last year through March we had expensed 54.45% of our general fund budget.    

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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.  Read to Speaker(s): "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.  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?

There is one piece of correspondence this month. 

 

 

Rationale:  Meeting Pulse Rules

1.  The owner of the goal simply indicates if their goal is "On Track" or "Off Track."

2.  The owner of goal can provide ONE sentence explaining the status of the goal, if they wish.

3.  If a goal is "Off Track" it will be placed on the board agenda as a discussion items for the next month.

4.  The expectation is that if a goal is "Off Track" the owner will work to get it "On Track" by the following month.

Rationale: 

• CDC changed the recommended quarantine/isolation period to 5 calendar days on Monday, December 27th, 2021
• It is the superintendent's recommendation that we modify our plan to reflect the change(attached)
• 5 calendar days of isolation from the onset of symptoms and then may return to school/work provided the individual has been asymptomatic for 24 hours
• Individuals will be required to mask and monitor for 5 days upon returning to school/work after testing positive
• Reviewing the plan every 6 months is required in order to receive ESSERs funding

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html
 

Rationale:  Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences 
We had 80% attendance in the elementary, this was down a little from last year but overall still well attended.

Clean-Up Day 
As part of a community project, we have 2 sixth grade HAL students that have organized a community clean-up day for April 20.  There will be more information at the next board meeting as these students and others will come to share what they have done.

NSCAS Testing
5th graders took the science assessment last week. We will begin ELA and Math NSCAS assessments this week.  They will continue over the next several weeks.  We try to schedule one test per week for grades 3-6.

Book Fair
The annual elementary book fair is underway.  We typically try to have it during the Spring parent/teacher conferences, but Scholastic could not accommodate us this year.

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