February 13, 2023 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

3. Approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes and financials

3.1. Approval of Expenditures/Payroll for January 2023

4. Reports from Staff Members and Committees

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

6. Superintendent's comments:

Annual Report
Presentation of the Annual Report to the Board of Education. The topics that will be covered in the presentation:
- School Improvement
- State assessments scores
- Locally developed criterion-referenced test scores
- District demographic information
- District expenditures and receipts report
- Perceptual data review (surveys)
- Concerns and successes 

School Improvement Meeting Highlights 
- Vision statement work is progressing. We should have one selected at the next meeting.
- We reviewed parent survey results. The quantitative data was very positive.
- Building level leaders will share quantitative and qualitative data to staff for review and for the creation of building level action plans to address any concerns from the survey data. 
- Development of a teacher reflection survey focusing on teacher collaboration is to be developed and shared with staff
- Due to the nature of our school improvement goal, we will be  developing a survey for staff to take to collect needed information.
- Next meeting is March 16

Staff Development
We are planning on sending a team of approximately 9 teachers to Cheyenne, Wyoming next year for the PLCs at Work training. The training will take place next October. This training is intensive, and it focuses on curriculum development, assessment, intervention, and collaboration. 

School Calendar
Presentation of the 2023-2024 school calendar (draft) - This will be an action item on the March school board agenda.

Textbook Adoption
Mr. Bednar is working with teachers across the district on the textbook and/or material adoption process. This year's material adoption process is focused on science. One of the discussions taking place concerns the use of open educational resources in place of and/or in addition to textbooks.

Curriculum Days
Teachers in each building across the district are working in small teams to review and revise core area curriculum. This work is done on Wednesdays. 
 

7. Business Manager comments

7.1. Wellness Report

8. Board Member comments

Board committee assignments (Attached) 

9. New Business

9.1. Approve resignations. 

9.2. Review KSO audit proposal

9.3. Approve bid from Tillotson for Central Elementary roofing project. 

9.4. Approve the teacher evaluation tool.

This evaluation tool will be used starting with the 2023-2024 school year. For the tool to be used, it must be approved by the McCook Board of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education.

A minor change was made to our current evaluation tool, and that change is highlighted in yellow in the document we attached to the Sparq electronic packet. 

10. Positive Comments

11. Adjournment

12. Items for Review