March 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings:

BOE Policy/Regulation 8346 outlines the parameters of public participation at Board meetings concerning items on the agenda as well as those not on the agenda.  A copy of this policy is available in the Superintendent’s office and at each monthly Board meeting.

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Kallie Rutt was selected as the ACE Flyer for the month of February.  Kallie was nominated by her 2nd grade teacher. Mrs. James states that Kallie is always working hard to be a Flyer ACE by being kind and polite to others.

 

Drew Goosic was nominated by Mr. Vetter for the ACE Flyer award. Mr. Vetter nominated Drew for his work and effort in manufacturing class. He is very responsible when working with the Laser Creations projects. Way to Go!

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North Star Negotiations Software     $1,300

Sparq Meeting Subscription             $1,500

Online Policy Subscription               $1,000

 

Total Amount Due            $3,800

Rationale:  In the past, the school has subsidized the cost of the program for our students.  This year, the cost of the program is $315.00. $120 is the amount we subsidized the students last year.  This seems to work very well and we usually have 15 or fewer students.  The remaining $195.00 is the responsibility of the parent or guardian. The dates of Driver's Education at Franklin Public Schools will be July 24-28 this summer from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm.  Range simulation date in Kearney will be Wednesday, August 2nd from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm. Franklin Public Schools will provide transportation to Kearney for the range simulation.

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Per board directive last year, I have contacted 2 insurance companies to present their bids to the board for property insurance and workman's comp insurance.  

Currently we have Property Insurance through EMC.

EMC Quote for Property Insurance:  $35,244

ALiCAP Quote for Property Insurance:  $31,157

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Per board directive last year, I have contacted 2 insurance companies to present their bids to the board for property insurance and worker's comp insurance.  

Currently we have Worker's Comp through ALiCAP.

ALiCAP Quote for Worker's Comp:  $39,693

EMC Quote for Worker's Comp: $37,944

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Shelley's contract this current year is $87,020. The Finance Committee proposes a 4.20% raise for the 2017-2018 school year.  This would make the contract for Shelley Kahrs $90,674.84

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Adam's contract this current year is $85,990. The Finance Committee proposes a 4.20% raise for the 2017-2018 school year.  This would make the contract for Adam Boettcher $89,601.58

Rationale:  Candy's contract this current year is $117,000. The Finance Committee proposes a 4.20% raise for the 2017-2018 school year.  This would make the contract for Candy Conradt $121,914

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Recognizing and appreciating the important contribution that all classified staff working for Franklin Public Schools contributes to student achievement and the success of our school. The Finance Committee recommendation is that all classified staff be provided with a 3.889% salary increase for the 2017-18 school year. 

Rationale:  See attached National FCCLA Convention cost sheet.

Rationale:  See attached National FFA Convention cost sheet.

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Attached are the minutes from our meetings with Red Cloud and Wilcox-Hildreth.  Now that we have had these meetings and we have shared the information from these meetings we now need a decision on what to do next.  Here are some options:

1. Decide to stay with our status quo and play out our schedule with only 9 potential players, with the hopes that we can field a team to possibly play 6-man if needed.

2. Decide to take our discussions with Red Cloud Schools further and begin working towards a cooperative agreement that both sides can agree too.

3. Decide to take our discussions with Wilcox-Hildreth Schools further and begin working towards a cooperative agreement that both sides can agree too.

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As we continue to look into our future, and think about discussing what is best for our students and our athletic programs here are some things to think about...

1. During the 2016-2017 NSAA Legislative Session some key changes were made going into the next two-year football cycle decision making process:

A. Home School Students - The policy used to be 20 Credit Hours (Our school policy is 25 credit hours) that a home school student would need to be active in, in order to participate in that school.  The new legislation will reduce that to 10 credit hours.

B. Classification - Beginning with the next two year cycle football will be classified on Male enrollment only in grades 9-11.

C. 6-Man Cut Off - There was legislation to have the cut off for eligibility for 6-Man playoffs be either 25, 27 or 31, the only one that passed the majority of the six districts was 27.  Therefore, we would assume this would be the cut off for eligibility in 6-Man.

D. 8-Man Cut Off - There was legislation to have the cut off for eligibility for 8-Man playoffs be 47, and this passed all six districts so that will be the cut off for 8-Man

So what do these changes mean?  As we begin to consider our options for the next two year cycle here is what are options would be:

A. Continue to play 8-Man with our participation numbers getting lower (they might rise with a new coach, but there is only 9 considering playing in JH next year) anticipated 12-15 (at the most) in High School right now.

B. Opt to play 6-Man in the next two year cycle with the knowledge that if our enrollment stays as it is right now, which we hope it does, we will have 37 boys in 2018 and 38 boys in 2019.  This would mean we would be ineligible for play-offs both years.

C. Coop with another school, and that school could only have 9 boys in grades 9-11, or we would have to play 11-Man football at class C2

D. Coop with another school but opt to stay 8-Man and with 47 or more boys combined we will be ineligible for playoffs, probably for both years.

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Elementary Principal's Report

    March 2017

Dr. Suess Celebration

Students enjoyed a week full of activities concluding on Friday with a celebration of Dr. Suess's birthday.  I would like to thank, Mr. Hanshaw for his special reading on Friday morning along with these National Honor Society members: Brody Lewis, Karsen Haussermann, Trent Christiancy, Emma Goosic, Courtney Meade, Moriah Aberle, Andrea Jackson, Lilia Aberle, MaKayla Weiss, Jordan Wilbur, Krista Osantowski, and Taylor Falkenstine who helped on Friday afternoon.  Thanks to all who helped make the week and the special day a success for our kids!

St. Jude's Math-a-Thon

Four students collected $225 during this year's St. Jude's Math-a-Thon.  Way to go, Grant Haussermann, Johanna Haussermann, Ellie Shaver and Madison Zade.

Upcoming Activities

Elementary Honors will be held on Wednesday, March 15th at 3:00.  Students will be competing at Invention Convention on March 16th at Pioneer Village in Minden. 

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High School Principal’s Report – March 2017

Board of Education

 

1. Academic Information

• In-Service Updates from our work with teacher’s today.

  2. Activity Information

• Flip Give – Shopping Fundraiser for the Athletics Program.  Please visit flipgive.com if you can prior to the meeting.
• Spring Sports are getting going.  Right now, we have 25 students out for Track and their first meet in on Thursday in Superior.  We also have 13 golfers out at this time.

3. Other Information

• Wellness Committee Met – Please see attached minutes as well as our current policy and suggested policy – Next meeting will be Tuesday, March 21^st.
• UNK Education Jobs Fair – I will be attending this looking to fill our open positions on Tuesday, March 14^th in Kearney from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.