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 superintendent's expenses (mileage & reimbursement) - Superintendent had an expense of $325, which is registration for State School Board Convention from November 20-22nd. (PO# 2425-231)

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

6.  Payroll Ledger Review

7.  Insurance Billing Review

8.  ACH Payroll Review

9.  Annual Audit - September 24

10.  Broken Window-We had a couple of rocks discharged from a mower of our hit a neighbors window.  The estimate was around $1,000.  Our insurance deductible has increase this year to $5,000.  So, we will pay for the damages "out of pocket."
 

Rationale:  Mrs. Caley Mingus was awarded the "Golden Apple Award" by 10/11 NTV News.  Please congratulate Mrs. Mingus, if you see her.  ;-)

Rationale:  Each year, The Ravenna Economic Development Corporation (REDC) and The City of Ravenna asks the school to be part of an interlocal agreement for the purpose of promoting economic development in Ravenna.  The agreement has not changed since the last time it was reviewed by the school district's legal counself.  The school participates in the agreement through "in kind" donations in the form of potential use of the facilities for meetings and trainings.  The school has no other financial obligations, as a result of being a party to the agreement.

A copy of the proposed interlocal agreement is attached.

Rationale:  Possible Discussion Topics:

• Option J - See Attached
  • Option J Budget: $8,142,204
  • HS Vestibule: $544,652
  • Elementary Vestibule: $149,605
  • Total Proposed Cost: $8,836,461
• Did we miss the mark by not advertising the meeting in the Loup City Newspaper, as we have patrons who may take "The Sherman County Times" and not "The Ravenna News."
• Survey Data
• Building Tours or Virtual Building Tours
• Teacher Videos - Include teachers who need more/different space.
• I have contacted the paper and asked them to do a story several times, to no avail.  I'm thinking of writing a press release and simply asking them to publish it.
• Other ideas to promote awareness?
• 3rd Community Input Meeting on November 7 - Do you want to have it or not?

Rationale: 

Parent/Teacher Conferences

We had an excellent turnout with an attendance rate of 93%.

Youth Leadership Conference

I will be accompanying 8 sixth-grade students to UNK on October 22 for the Region IV Youth Leadership Conference.

Fire Safety Presentation

Members of the RFD were here today to talk to the elementary students about fire safety. They also got to see some fire trucks!

Bluejay Branch of Town and Country Bank

The Bluejay Branch will open on Wednesday, Oct 30. Students will have an opportunity to make deposits into a savings account every Wednesday morning. The Parent's Letter is attached for more details.

Golden Apple Winner

Congratulations to Mrs. Caley Mingus for being the 10/11 News Golden Apple Award recipient for September.

 

Rationale: 

Principal Report October Board Meeting

 

Academic

• Wednesday is the last day of the 1st quarter.

• We had a financial literacy assembly called Funding the Future with the Carter Hulsey band on October 8th.

  • Students were very engaged during the songs and his presentation/speech on topics such as credit cards and credit scores.

  • Feedback from staff and students was very positive.

• 58 families attended parent-teacher conferences on October 2nd and 4th in high school grades 7-12.

• Ms. Drahota took juniors to a career fair in Kearney on October 2nd, and then she also took the juniors to a college fair at Kearney Catholic on October 9th.

 

Student Behavior/Mental Health

• Suicide Awareness week was September 23rd-27th.

  • Ms. Drahota did a number of activities with students during lunch and other parts of the day, from sidewalk chalk to yoga.

• A message was sent out through Infinite Campus informing the community about a new reporting system called Safe 2 Help and directing both students and parents to the parent resource page on our school website.

  • Posters have also been hung throughout both the high school and elementary school to promote the resource. 

Activities

• The band marched in the Harvest of Harmony parade and placed 6th in Class C and placed 14 out of 84 schools in all classes. 

• A group of art students competed at the Hastings College Mural Day and placed 2nd out of about 200 schools.

• JH Fall sports finished tonight with 2nd quarter sports starting next week.

 

 

Rationale:  1.  Roof Inspection Update - Talked with Carl Dietz, Loss Prevention Agent from ALICAP, during our annual safety inspection.  Roof was inspected on October 4th.  No damage was found.  There were a couple of spots where the "cold welds" had pulled loose from their plates, so those repairs were made while they were on site.  ALICAP documented the inspection for future reference by the school and ALICAP.

2.  Grass Next to Track (Budget Pricing Attached) - The track installer encouraged us to cut down the sod to allow for proper drainage around the entire interior "ring" of the track.  The price for having this done is attached.  The superintendent is looking for guidance on how to move forward on the issue.

3.  ALICAP Annual Safety Audit - Went well.  We have an exit light to fix and there was a note about having a space between the main building and the north buildings.  Commendation for fixing the concrete on the north side.  Good report overall.  It is attached for your review.  GOOD NEWS: ALICAP and NDE now say that we are only required to have one safety visit annually.  The one from ALICAP will meet all Rule 10 requirements.  So, we won't have the extra expense of having an independent inspector come in and generate a second report.

4.  Rule 10 Safety Report - (Attached for the Board's Review) - No major issues and no real issues to speak of.

5.  Life Skills Room Wall Construction - The district picked up some dividers for use in the Life Skills room, but they are proving ineffective.  They are allowing a lot of noise into the space.  The budget price for framing an office in this space is $8,000.  The superintendent wants to know if you want him to move forward with pursuing this project or wait on it until we have a definitive answer on the bond issue.

6.  Van Purchase - We are adding a special education route to Duncan, NE, each day.  We may want to purchase an additional van, so we have enough vans during the peak of activity season (basketball season through track).  Also, some of our vans are VERY high mileage and so having an adequate number of vans in the fleet to provide for breakdowns is a strong idea.

7.  Contracted SPED Transportation with Other Schools-See attached "White Paper" from ALICAP regarding transporting "non-district" students.

8.  Kitchen Equipment Bids - There is a competitive grant for kitchen equipment that the superintendent is looking at applying for.  So, you may see an RFP for kitchen equipment (hot service line, flash freezer) in the newspaper as part of that application process.  In order to submit the grant, the district has to have bids before submitting the application.

9. Mapping Grant - The superintendent is pursuing a mapping grant with NDE.  This would create a digital map of our property for use by law enforcement and emergency responders.  The estimated cost of such a service is $5,000, which would be funded through the grant.

10.  CTE Grant - There is $7,500 in CTE Grant Money to be used this year.  We had discussed using a portion or all of it for the dust collection system in the high school shop.  We should probably add a couple of welders to the metal fabrication lab.  The cost of doing so would be approximately $3,722.  There are currently 11 students in "Intro to Welding" right now.  We have 6 Oxygen/Acetylene welding setups on our manifold system.  There are 3 old antique "stick only" welders. There is 1 older "wire only" welder; 2 "multi-process" welders that will do both stick and wire welding, which are both nice welders; and one really nice TIG welding machine that only the 5 students in "Welding Fabrication" class use.  I have 6 booths that could house the stick on wire welders under the overhead ventilator.  

11. Senior Composites - We are running out of room in the south hallway.  Are you open to the idea of utilizing a Swinging Panel Wall Display?  An example of one is attached.  You can get about 40 composites in one display unit at a cost of approximately $5,000 per unit.

12.  ESSERs III - All the money for ESSERs III has been expensed by the September 30th deadline and the final reimbursement request has been made to NDE.

13.  FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes-Mr. Wayne Bock used to have an FCA Chapter at RHS.  Mrs. Yendra is looking at reviving the chapter, along with the assistance of some other staff members.  

14.  HVAC System for High School Gym Final Payment Reminder - ESSERs III Money was used for the majority of this project, which was also tied in with the Elementary HVAC Replacement Project.  We have a final payment of $37,900 (10% "retainage" of the total project cost). 

15.  Trees West and North of the Elementary Playground 

16.  Dust Collection System in Shop - It is complete.  It works very well.

17.  JAG - Jobs for America's Graduates (See Attached) - This is an opportunity that some of the smaller schools around us (Centura, Pleasanton) are taking advantage of.  It is something we might want to consider moving forward.  The superintendent will follow up with the area schools involved and see how it is going and circle back with the board at the correct time.