November 14, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

1.1. Roll Call

1.2. Recognition of Open Meeting Law

1.3. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Reports, Communications & Public Participation

2.1. Board accepts public comments

2.2. Student board member report

2.3. Presentation from FFA Officers - National Convention

3. Consent Agenda

3.1. Approve the consent agenda which includes the minutes and financials

3.2. Approval of Expenditures/Payroll for October 2022

4. Reports from Staff Members and Committees

5. Administrator's written reports: Please review prior to the board meeting

5.1. Board comments

6. Superintendent's comments

Veteran's Day Events

1. McCook Elementary held a special program in their commons area the morning of the 11th. 
2. Central Elementary held a breakfast program for Central students and any relatives that are veterans.   Central Starz sang patriotic songs that focused on paying tribute to the service of our veterans to our country. 
3. Jr. High:  Students completed papers about veterans, sharing information and stories about family members who served in the armed forces. These papers were posted in the JH hallways. Junior high choir students performed patriotic songs during IN/EN Time (10:42AM).
4. High School: Veterans Memorial Wall at High School Entry Way. Recognized veterans who served our country, and gave special recognition to Dick Trail. 

Curriculum Work Days

• Teachers' teams will be working during the late fall and early spring semesters to work through their content area standards to ensure that our local curriculum is appropriately aligned to the state standards, and to ensure that our CRT assessments provide both teachers and students a clear feedback on each student's level of mastery.
• Teacher teams will meet during the school day and substitutes will be hired to cover their class so that the teachers have ample time to thoroughly review and discuss our identified essential learning objectives and the assessments that address them. 

School Improvement

• Discussed and reviewed the District's belief statements and vision statement
• Discussed multicultural education plans and their updating (RULE 10) requirement.
• Discussed the Nebraska Frameworks Model update and the need to stay on course for the next three years. After the next visitation, the team may decide to adopt many of the new model's processes. 

Safety Team Meeting

• The Safety Team met to discuss progress toward implementation of our Raptor emergency communications and alert system. We will be conducting additional training on March 9 with staff members. The focus of the training will be on reunification.
• Discussed our anonymous reporting system and sharing that process with students. 
• We also discussed setting up a visit for our annual review of our school buildings and grounds. 
• Reviewed emergency bag contents and checklists

ALICAP Report

• Attached

Tennis and Track Building Update

• Due to the fact that no bids were submitted for the construction of our tennis and track building, we are now in the process of taking on the challenge of overseeing the work through the superintendent and business offices. We will be working on lining up subcontractors to do the work under our guidance. 
• The potential to save some money on the project exists, but it may take a little longer for the project to be completed. 

Meeting with McCook Community College

• Update on the welding program

7. Business Manager's comments

8. Board Member's comments

9. New Business

9.1. Graciously accept a donation from McDonald's for Fries For School Supplies fundraiser they did at our local McDonald's.

10. Positive comments

11. Adjournment

12. Items for review

12.1. Executive session to discuss negotiations. The reason for the executive session is to protect the public interest during the negotiations process

NE State Statute: 84-1410
Any public body may hold a closed session by the affirmative vote of a majority of its voting members if a closed session is clearly necessary for the protection of the public interest or for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual and if such individual has not requested a public meeting.