July 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

 The Consent Agenda consists of approval of the agenda for this meeting, approval of the minutes for the regular meeting on June 18, 2012, claims on the General Fund in the amount of $235,121.55,  Building Fund in the amount of $404.12, the Lunch Fund in the amount of $3,918.37, and July payroll in the amount of $655,577.84.

Rationale:  We have received 2 bids from PrestoX and Orkin for pest extermination services.  The bid from PrestoX is $160 per month and from Orkin it is $310 per month.  We have used PrestoX for the last 10 years or so and they do a good job.

Rationale:  James Lehn the special education teacher we hired this summer would like to rescind his contract for the upcoming school year due to personal and family reasons.  We have advertised and are getting applicants for this position.  His resignation letter is attached for your review.

Mike Sarchet has also submitted his letter of resignation. He and Gail have sold their house and have moved to Omaha.  Mr. Hadden and Mr. Rezac have recommended that Laurel Kennedy be moved to the history department and the math classes she would have been teaching will be absorbed by the exisiting math teachers.  His resignation is also attached for your review.

Candy will also be leaving in August and her official resignation letter is attached for your review. She will be working with the new bookkeeper until school starts in August and will come back to help through the transistion with the new bookkeeper.

Rationale:  The following are the recommendations for the open positions we have:

Kindergarten ~ Meredith Christiansen

Title - Heather Orth

Bookkeeper  and Board Secretary / Treasurer - Stephanie Holscher

Rationale:  Local substitutes are a valuable asset to our district, and we need to approve that we will accept them as subs in our district every year.  They are allowed to sub 40 days per school year.

Rationale:  We have not increased the rate of pay for substitute teachers for many years.  I recommend we change certified substitute pay from $90 per day to $100 per day.  The new half day rate would be $50 and the new long term sub rate would be $150.

Rationale:  Approve policy 3035 and advertise Request For Proposals for Construction Management.

Rationale:  Brad Golden has been promoted as the new Director of Technology, his new salary will be $65,000.  Bill Messner's new salary will by $47,000.  This puts them in the mid-point of similar sized schools.

Rationale:  Here is a draft of the recommended changes to the 2012-2013 handbook.  They are all minor and include staff changes, year changes, and changes based on our new hours and schedule; the day will be 15 minutes longer and we will not meet on Wednesdays this year.  All changes are noted in red.

Rationale:  Tena has requested that we discuss the costs and procedures for renting our facilities to profit and non-profit organizations.