August 8, 2022 at 7:30 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

(Knott) Office & Secretarial Staff for all their work in leading up to the school year.

(Roberts) Janitorial and Admin staff and all their efforts in the new playground prep.  Drainage is working well and the site looks great.

(Rolf) Admin staff for working so hard this summer in preparation for the upcoming school year.

(Foggelman) Summer staff for all their efforts in helping get ready for the upcoming school year, everything in and around the school looks great.

(Frey) Kitchen and janitorial staff for preparing for the start of the school year.

(Curry) Lincoln Quteifan for all his efforts, solutions and vision for the school District.  Lincoln is a great asset to the District.

(Schwartz) All who were involved with registration and how well organized it was.  Things went really smoothly and there was plenty of help.

(Theis) Mrs. Zouch and Mrs. Molt in their planning for the first elementary registration.  Staff has done a great job getting the kids through quickly.

(Larsen) Mrs. Leanne Blanchard for jumping right in and learning quickly, she has been catching on and has visited with a lot of students.

(Kuester) Everyone who has been involved in registration and the preparation for the beginning of the school year.

Mr. Larsen spoke on the goals for continuous school improvement for the upcoming school year.  March 21-22 2023 will be a two-day workshop with Frameworks for school improvement.

(Frey) Coop committee: met with Newman Grove regarding the wrestling coop and where the numbers are.  Expectations on participation and commitment were played out in the coop meeting.

(Knott) Facilities Committee: discussion areas were on the roof, door locks, the Redler house, parking lot, air compressor, old concession stand at the football field, heat into the middle school restrooms, roof-top HVAC units, shop ventilation, Football parking, FCS room.

Budget timeline is coming up.  LB 644- if the school district meets the requirement, the joint hearing will take place on September 26th at Boone Central.  If we do not meet the requirement, we will hold our regular hearing.  Criteria is on 2% growth for the budget year on overall expenditures and on tax valuations.  Recommends meeting as a committee or full board to meet at the end of August for the 2022-23 budget.

New bus has been ordered and will arrive in December.  Discussed adding a new camera system to the new bus.

(Theis) Elementary enrollment is currently at 212 (up from 194 for 2021-22).

(Curry) Middle School enrollment is currently at 164 (about the same as last year).

(Schwartz) High School enrollment is currently at 209 (up from 207).

To use NASB to assist with the 2023-2024 Superintendent search, which will include getting the community’s involvement.

(Kitchen staff) Thank you for the cost of living update, but it didn’t keep us from losing two people so we are very short staffed.  There is no window in the door and it is a safety concern of the kitchen staff.  Looking for ideas and suggestions for recruitment. 

(Banzhaf) Career Academy has a food service section, could it be a possibility for career academy students to help in the kitchen?

(Banzhaf) Thank you to everyone who has their hands on the requisitions.

(Stephens) representing the AEF, goal is to support anything that will make learning better and stronger for teachers and students. The AEF has a grant program to support education and is appreciative of the board having a representative on AEF.  Also here representing the ESU7 board.