January 12, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular January 2015 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.

Rationale:  Each year at the January meeting, newly and re-elected members are sworn in and new officers are elected by the board members.  Election of officers can be done by either voting verbally or by secret ballot.  The first position elected is the position of president.  The president immediately assumes the position upon his or her election to the post.

Rationale:  Each year board of education committee appointments are made by the superintendent.  Those appointments appear in the attached document.

Rationale:  This agenda item is to make board members aware of the conflict of interest statutes in the State of Nebraska.  All information relevant to the conflict of interest statutes, including the downloadable forms board members MAY be required to fill out are available for review and completion by board members at the following url: http://nadc.nol.org/e/index.html.

Rationale:  This month's ACE Recipients are Alicia Muir and Taelyn Pritchard.

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Elementary Principal’s Report

       January 2015 

NAEP Testing for the 4th Grade Students

The 4th grade students were selected to participate in the 2015 administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This assessment is scheduled for February 5, 2015.  Students will be tested in the areas of reading, mathematics, or science. 

The results of NAEP are released as  “The Nation’s Report Card”, providing information to educators, parents, policy makers, and the public about student achievement. NAEP provides a common measure of student achievement across the country. 


Activities and Events in the Elementary
The 2nd quarter honors convocation was held on January 8th.  See the attachment of students making “High” honors, honors and boosters for this quarter.  It is impressive!
The elementary quiz bowl team will be back in action at the ESU next week. St. Jude’s Math-a-thon started the first week in January and will conclude with all donations returned on January 26th. The link to our home page for donations online is http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Math/Math?fr_id=24826&pg=entry

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High School Principal’s Report – January 2015

Board of Education

1. Academic Information

• Book Study Update – The Art and Science of Teaching – Starting this month we will be discussing design question 3 (What will I do to help students practice and deepen their understanding of new knowledge?).  In particular we will be focusing on what the research says about effective Homework practices.

2. Activity Information

• The Franklin Holiday Tournament went really well, and next year it will rotate to Superior.Red Cloud boys and girls both won the tournament.
• I want to thank Renee Haussermann, Clark Vetter, Jan Weiss, Sara Roether, Mary Goebel, Tracy Smith, and RoseAnn Platt for their willingness to help out with this event.  With their help we were able to put on a really good tournament.
• The Franklin Wrestling Invite took place on Saturday, January 10^th.  We had 17 schools involved this year.  I want to thank everyone involved in making this a success as well.  This has really grown over the last few years, and we hope to maintain around 16 schools going forward.

4. Other Information

• None this month

Rationale:  1.  Way to Go Recipients for December included: Kelly Simmons (twice), Doyle Hanshaw, Melody Antholz, Mary Goebel, Ryan Hoffman, Jamie Silas, Chad Schmidt, Taylor Janssen, & Diana Hammer.