November 14, 2022 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

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 the superintendent's expenses (mileage).  There was an overpayment last month.  

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

6.  Payroll Ledger Review

7.  Insurance Billing Review

8.  ACH Payroll Review

9.  All shingles and siding have been repaired/replaced from the wind/hail storm in June.  This includes all North campus and stadium buildings. 

10.  Spring lawn fertilizer purchase plan for Summer/Fall.  How much is the district willing to invest?  Arrow will not provide us with a quote but wants us to provide them with the desired quantity and they will reserve it for us . . . and then charge us for it later as the delivery date gets closer.  Todd is reaching out to other companies for bids.  

12.  ESSERs II Update:  I have submitted the final reimbursement request and we have received it.  Thus, ESSERs II is closed. 

13.  ESSERs III Update:  We have submitted a reimbursement request for ELA curriculum materials, NEE, Educlimber, and summer school wages/benefits.  We have received reimbursement for ELA materials, NEE, and Educlimber($62,374).  We are waiting for summer school wages/benefits($10,576).  There is $342,491 left in ESSERs III funds.  Of that, approximately $220,000 is currently in "placeholder" status.  The other funds are currently tagged for summer school salary/wages, Math curricular support materials, and full-time substitute salary/benefits.  

14.  Title IV Grant Funds:  $10,000 in grant funds to be used for Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities($4,250), Safe and Healthy Student Training($4,250), and Effective Use of Technology($1,500) 

This district is purchasing 12 Samsung tablets and protective cases with the $1,500 for technology that teachers have requested for classroom use.  We had 15 teachers request them and thankfully, the foundation board has said they will cover the cost of the other 3 tablets and covers.  

We will use the other funds throughout the course of the year.  
 
15.  Final Audit Reports   

Attached for your review.  

16. Fund Balance Update:  

October Fund Balance Comparison
	2021	2022
General Fund Checking	$1,793,421.49	$1,101,897.31
General Fund CD	$2,161,818.44	$2,162,474.84
General Fund Total	$3,955,239.93	$3,264,372.15
Building Fund	$704,882.73	$1,062,866.22	T.L. Sund Final Payment
Depreciation Fund	$160,070.78	$399,197.42
Employee Benefit Fund	$115,325.54	$115,710.35
Total Fund Balance	$4,935,518.98	$4,842,146.14

 

Rationale:  Mr. Schirmer has requested that the board declare 24 old 7th/8th-grade football jerseys as surplus for immediate sale or disposal

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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.  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?"

 

 

 

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:  This amount will be reimbursed to the district by ALICAP

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Agenda for Negotiations Between REA & Board of Education:

1.  Review the timeline for the negotiation process.

October 1st:  If the local association has not been certified by the CIR, the board must respond to the association’s request for recognition.

November 1st:  Negotiations must begin.  You must conduct at least 4 negotiation sessions by February 8, unless you settle prior to the need for 4 sessions.

February 8th:  If the board and teachers have not reached agreement, the parties must submit to a resolution officer for fact finding and/or mediation.

March 25th * The fact finding/resolution process must be concluded.

September 15th The Commission must render its decisions. 

* Negotiations, mediation, and fact finding must end on or before March 25th of the year before the contract year in question or within 25 days after the certification of state aid for the contract year in question, whichever occurs later.

2.  Review and discuss ground rules for the negotiation process.

3.  Review the proposed list of schools to be used for array comparability calculation.  Those proposed schools include:

Centura
Wood River
Shelton
St. Paul
Loup City
Amherst
Gibbon
Pleasanton
Ravenna

4.  Provide Board of Education & REA of current "2021-22 Negotiated Agreement" for review.

5.  Discuss items that need to be researched by the Board of Education or by the REA for consideration at future negotiations meetings.

Rationale: 

Renewal of the superintendent's contract is an annual agenda item for the December Board Meeting, as per the language of the superintendent's contract.

The superintendent is also required to be evaluated twice during the first year of employment and then annually thereafter.  The superintendent's evaluation is an annual agenda item for the December Board Meeting.

This agenda item serves as the written notice the superintendent is required to provide regarding his contract and performance evaluation, as per the superintendent's contract.

Rationale:  It is the recommendation of the superintendent that RPS plan on having a traditional start to our school year without masks in the green and yellow operational zones.  This is based on the following: 

• The state of Nebraska is no longer in a pandemic emergency and has discontinued use of the "COVID-19" dashboard
• A vaccine is readily available to the public
• This aligns with stakeholder input from our survey which is attached
• Reviewing the plan every 6 months is required in order to receive ESSERs funding

 

Rationale:  Fall Data Presentation

Rationale: 

Fall Data Presentation

Career Fair (Oct. 20th)

• Ms. Drahota did a great job of organizing the career fair. We had a lot of local businesses come in and share with students. 

 

Jason LeVasseur: The Rock Star Project (Oct. 26th)

• Character building assembly that Pleasanton invited us over to

•  We took grades 7-9 for the assembly

• Students really liked the assembly and represented RPS very well. 

 

Veteran’s Day Program

• Had a lot of positive comments about the program from those that attended

• Mrs. Ellis and Mrs Zinnel did a wonderful job of getting students ready for the program

• Guest speaker Mike Bursaw

• Annevar Quilt Guild presented 11 Veterans with Quilts of Valor

• VFW Auxiliary read a few poems

 

NSAA Sportsmanship Assembly

• Centura has invited us over for a sportsmanship presentation put on by the NSAA on Nov. 30th

• We are planning on taking grades 9-12 and all of our head coaches

 

Believers and Achievers Award

• Kaia Johnson has been awarded this 

• We are looking at recognizing her at one of our early home basketball games

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Rationale:  Congratulations to our fall activities participants, sponsors, and coaches.  We are proud of all of you!  

The high school career fair was well organized and well attended.  Thank you to Ms. Drahota and Zach West of REDC for organizing the event.  

The send-off for cross-country and football was a really cool moment for our school!  Well done by Mrs. Ellis, the band, and the cheerleaders.  

Thank you to Mrs. Wiarda for presenting to the Board tonight.