June 11, 2018 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale:  The Norfolk Public School District's board of education meeting is called to order.  

Rationale:  If any board member is absent, there will need to be a motion to excuse the absence.

Rationale:  This is a legal meeting of the board of education, as advertised by the means specified in board policy. A complete copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the board room for your review. A copy of the agenda is available at the desk of the recording secretary.
 

Rationale:  Elementary Homework Procedures-Beth Nelson and Elementary Principals
Exit Survey Results-Dr. Jami Jo Thompson
Building Visits -Board members

Rationale:  Please stand and join us in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Rationale:  May 2018 Success Pin Recipients
Teresa Goodrich is the $50 Cash Now winner

Bianca Ramirez	TIm Gansebom	Mrs. Heying
Mrs. Brtek	Cyndi Thompson	Justin Grey
Tracy Lichty	Denise Bender	Karen Drahota
Diane Peterson	Tonja Ripple	Heather Wingate
Heather Thompson	Kelly Konz	Teresa Goodrich
Martha Thompson	Miss Cronin	Sharon Mickelson
Bonnie Kroeger	Wanetta Walker	Allison McDonald
Kathy Walker	Kyle Kruse	Dianne Hetrick
Cathy Erwin	Martha Cook	Wanetta Walker
Susie Westcott	Justin Grey	Pat Norman
Mary Boyle	Tom Olson	Jill Blaylock
Mr. Swenson	Kathy Timperley	Mary Boyle
Mr. Brandl	Lisa Langenberg	Cathy Erwin
Mary Boyle	Carrie Kopf	Tony Siske
Heather Thompson	Taryn Retzlaff	Tyler Jacot
Suzanne Ames	Mr. Rick Allison	Mike Hilliges
Todd Cook	Amy Haisch	Bob Rohrich
Mr. Weidner	Deb Sudbeck	David Werner
Mr. Grey	Erica Heying	Becky Felgate
Katie Fite	Mrs. Brommer	Rita Meyer
Mr. Neal	Mrs. Werner	Alecia Amezcua
Mandy Wolff	Kyle Kruse	Carrie Kopf
Pat Schipporeit	Mrs. Rugg	Aaron Bradley
Peggy Belt

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This is the time during the meeting when the public may request to address the Board. If you wish to comment, we ask that you identify yourself and the topic that you wish to address. Each individual's comments will be limited to five minutes.

 Please note that  the Board cannot discuss or act upon matters that are not listed on the agenda. Therefore, Board  members will not respond to your comments or questions.  If you wish to request that an item be placed on a future Board agenda, you may contact the Superintendent or her assistant during normal business hours.

Also note that concerns related to school personnel need to be addressed to the Superintendent using the approved district protocol.

Rationale: 

Total amount of claims to be approved in the consent agenda for the month of June, 2018 by specific fund are as follows:

General Fund = $520,748.36

Nutrition Services Fund =$223,460.47

Cooperative Fund = $156,937.29

Special Building Fund = $294,296.72

Student Fee Fund = $616.65

The total amount of claims for the month of May, 2018 in the Activities Fund was:
Activity Fund =$114,053.05

All of these claims were reviewed earlier today by the Finance and Facility Committee.

Rationale:  Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

• We’ve held several wrap up meetings paired with planning meetings, as well as transitional meetings. This time of the year becomes rushed, complicated and we usually screech to an end date for teachers and students. But for the Teaching and Learning department, it’s a pivotal time for planning and specific concentrated work with teachers and programs.
• We have concentrated science curriculum work days planned in the month of June with Middle School, Junior High and Senior High.
• Materials and ordering are on track for buildings and growth.
• Planning for professional development for the beginning of the year is happening in partnership with the HR department.
• Strategic Action Planning committee meetings are caught up and the grading goal is under review with the superintendent and Larry Duglosh.  As a district, we are truly only just getting started.

Technology

• This also becomes a very busy time. There is always the consideration of repairs, inventory of new equipment, and movement of devices and cleanup of district equipment with the annual sale. (Exact date is yet to be determined.)
• Ordered items have been delivered and are currently being worked on.

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• Summer school is in the second week at the K-8 levels and in the third week at the 9-12 levels.  K-8 will end on June 29th and 9-12 will end on July 13th.
• You can find the list of activity camps on the high school website under Athletics and Activities.
• Our school nurses attended the State of Nebraska’s School Health Conference in Kearney on June 4th and 5th.  The purpose is to stay current with the new health regulations and immunizations that affect students wishing to enter our public schools.

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Beginning of the School Year Information:

• Our first day of school with all certified staff will be Monday, August 13th. Dave Burgess will be our keynote speaker that morning and he will speak about innovative classroom instructional strategies designed to increase student achievement and maximize student engagement. Dave’s message will be an excellent way to kick off the new school year!  More information about Dave can be found at the following web address:
• http://daveburgess.com/

Summer Training:

• Staff development in our district continues even during the summer as many of our teachers take continuing education classes to advance their training and knowledge in areas such as: curriculum, leadership, technology, assessment, student engagement, school safety, and classroom management. Many of our teachers also attend numerous education related conferences and seminars throughout the summer to further enrich their professional skills. We also have several staff who lead staff development courses and teach summer school in a variety of areas.  Kudos to our staff for modeling continuous improvement!

Personnel Update:
Current Openings:

• Activity Bus Drivers
• Bel Air- Autism Paraprofessional
• Substitute Deaf Education/Sign Language Interpreter
• General Maintenance /Transportation
• Junior High-Science Teacher
• Junior High-Vocal Music Teacher  P/T
• Maintenance-Summer Mowing Crew
• Speech/Language Pathologist (1.5)

Current Coaching Openings:

• Senior High Weight Room Supervisor (2018-2019)
• IM Football (2018-2019) (2)
• Assistant Baseball (2018-2019)
• IM JH Boys Basketball (2018-2019)
• Head 7th Boys Track (2018-2019)

Rationale:  Board Retreat:
We have an Board/Admin Retreat scheduled for Thursday, June 28th. We will begin at 8:00 in the morning, with building principals sharing their 2017-2018 achievement data and school improvement goals.  At noon, we will have a short business meeting. This will be followed by presentations regarding our Strategic Action Plans and our Target Based Instruction and Grading initiative in the afternoon.  

Exit Surveys:
This may be discussed during my Supt Report if there was not time to discuss it during the Study Session.

 

Rationale: 

The committee met on June 4th at 10:00 a.m.  This meeting was focused on reviewing the recommendations from the district strategic planning committee concerning facilities.

The committee met again today at 12:00 noon and reviewed all claims for June, 2018, Activity claims for May, 2018 and current fund balances.  The committee also discussed the following items:

• Updates on the 25th Street property
• Updates on summer projects
• Updates on completion of MS access road
• Updates on possibly using a service for evening custodial work
• Discussion on final year of Coke contract will be going to bid this spring
• Discussion on current status of extra period pay concept
• Discussion on Business office pursuing CFO "Certified Financial Officer" designation through ASBO "American Association of School Business Officials"

Our next meeting will be at 12:00 noon on July 9th, 2018.

Rationale:  The Policy Committee will meet on June 19th to review the policy revisions and additions recommended by the Perry Law Firm, as part of their annual update/review.

Rationale:  The Government Relations Committee will not meet again until the next legislative session begins, unless issues arise before then that we feel we need to discuss.

Rationale:  The Activities Committee does not plan to meet again until the Fall, unless an issue arises that we feel we need to discuss sooner.

Rationale:  There are no meetings to review for this month.

Rationale:  Minutes of the May 14, 2018 school board meeting are attached for review.

Rationale:  Hortencia Jech

• 2018-2019 - Norfolk Junior High School, Career Instructor
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Family/Consumer Sciences Education from Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska.
• Currently a Family Specialist at Educare Winnebago in Winnebago, Nebraska.

Elle Nordhues

• 2018-2019 - Woodland Park Elementary, 2nd Grade Overflow Teacher - One Year Only Contract
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education and Special Education Grades K-6 from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
• Recently a special education student teacher at Arnold Elementary School in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Ali Johnson

• 2018-2019 - Norfolk Middle School, 6th Grade Math and English Teacher
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Recently a 2nd grade student teacher at Prescott Elementary School in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Keira McCord

• 2018-2019 - Norfolk Middle School, Title I Interventionist
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from the Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Currently a 4th grade teacher for Gomez Heritage Elementary in Omaha, Nebraska.

Julia Mortimer

• 2018-2019 - Jefferson Elementary School, 1st Grade Teacher
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in early Childhood Education from the University of Nebraska in Kearney, Nebraska.
• Previously a kindergarten student teacher at Woodland Park Elementary, here in Norfolk, Nebraska.

Ryan Ginn

• 2018-2019 - Norfolk Middle School, Music Teacher
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music grades K-12 from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska.
• Currently a K-12 Music Teacher and FCCLA advisor for the Osmond/Plainview Public Schools Osmond/Plainview, Nebraska.

Nancy Boche

• 2018-2019 - Norfolk Junior High School, Wellness/STEM/Hall Teacher
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science Education from Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska.
• Currently a HAL Facilitator at the Norfolk Middle School here in Norfolk, Nebraska.

Mark Nelson

• 2018-2019 - Norfolk Public Schools, School Psychologist
• Doctorate of Education in Student Personnel Services (School Psychology) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
• Retired from Norfolk Public Schools after serving 22 years as a School Psychologist. Currently in a solo practice providing psychology services to the Norfolk, Nebraska area.

Rationale:  Karissa Rudloff--3rd grade teacher at Bel Air Elementary-pending the hiring of a suitable replacement

Rationale:  Attached are the claims for June, 2018.  As stated earlier these claims have been reviewed by the Finance and Facilities Committee.  I recommend a motion be made to approve the claims as presented.

Rationale:  No change have been made to this policy since its first reading.

Rationale:  The second monthly meeting of the Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education will be held on Thursday, June 28, 2018 with a Board Retreat from 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon at the Norfolk Public School Central Office Board Room, 512 Philip Avenue, Norfolk, Nebraska.  The regular business meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.  The Board Retreat will reconvene again after the business meeting.

The regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Monday, July 9, 2018.  The Study Session will begin at 5:30 and will be followed by the Business Meeting at 6:30.  All components of these meetings will be held at the NPS Central Administration Offices and will be open to the public unless an Executive Session is needed in order to protect the interest of the district or the reputation of an individual.