August 13, 2018 at 8:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order and Announce Open Meetings Act Verification
Discussion:
The meeting was called to order by President Steve Vyhnalek at 8:00 P.M.
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2. Roll Call
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3. Receive Visitors and Announce Open Forum for Public Comment
Discussion:
Bill, Kim, and Abby Plouzek, a junior at Dorchester were present. Also present are Superintendent Daryl Schrunk, Principal Adrian Allen and Linda Woolsey.
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4. Request for Change of Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5. Approval of the Minutes of the Last Meeting(s)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6. Financial Report
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. Reports
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7.1. Principal's Report
Discussion:
Mr. Allen presented information from Administrator Days in Kearney held July 25-27. New staff members Audrey Schutte in HS English, Robin Musil in Spanish/ELL, JeNae Kort in HS Math and Steve Jirsa in Music. The first day of school is Wednesday, August 15th. DeMoine Adams will address the school that morning. Upcoming events are the fall sports preview on Thursday,. August 1th and Scrimmages on Friday, August 17th.
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7.2. Superintendent's Report
Discussion:
Mr. Schrunk presented a building update and information on Administration Days in Kearney held on July 25-27. 2018-2019 Teacher In-Service days are Monday-Tuesday, August 13-14.
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8. Discussion Items
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8.1. Review 2018-2019 Anticipated Budget
Discussion:
Mr. Schrunk presented information on the proposed 2018-2019 budget for all District funds.
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8.2. 2018-2019 Superintendent Goals
Discussion:
Mr. Schrunk presented his goals for the 2018-2019 school year.
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9. Action Items
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9.1. Consider approving Policy #5066-Early Graduation. Also, consider any requests at this time.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Schrunk reviewed Policy #5066 Early Graduation. Bill, Kim and Abby Plouzek presented their support of BOE Policy #5066 Early Graduation to enable individual aspirations outside of high school. Abby would like to graduate in December 2019. This would allow her to start her post-graduation studies and sport participation in the spring of 2019.After discussion, the Board asked Mr. Allen to gather some additional information. This is the first reading of the policy.
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9.2. Final Reading of Board of Education Policies: #5035-Student Discipline, #5037-Student Internet and Computer Access, #5054-Student Bullying, #5057-District Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy, #6021-District Criteria for Selecting Evaluators to be Used for Special Education, #6031-Emergency Exclusion, #6036-Reading Instruction and Intervention Services, & #3190-Inventory of Equipment.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.3. Consider approving Board Policies #3003.1-Bidding for Construction, Remodeling, Repair, or Related Projects Financed with Federal Funds; #3004-General Purchasing and Procurement; and #3004.1-Fiscal Management for Purchasing and Procurement Using Federal Funds.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
KSB Law has updated the pricing thresholds for the federal procurement tiers in each of the affected policies. No other changes have been made. So, these are just revised policies that we have already in place regarding purchases using federal funds.
----- The new thresholds are: > Micro-Purchases = Less than $10,000 > Small Purchases = $10,000 to $250,000 > Large Purchases = Over $250,000 ----- |
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9.4. Consider approving para position for Bethany Theis.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.5. Consider approving increase in substitute teacher pay.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.6. Consider transferring $10,000 from General Fund to Athletics Account.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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10. Establish Future Board of Education Meeting Date(s) and Time(s)
Discussion:
The next scheduled board meeting is Monday, September 10, at 8:20 P.M.
The Budget and Property Tax Meetings will be held starting at 8:00 P.M. |
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11. Adjourn
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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