November 10, 2014 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publication in the Beacon-Observer, the School District's designated method for giving notice, and posting at the Loomis Public Schools, Loomis Village Office and Loomis Post Office, a copy of the Affidavit of Publication being attached to these Minutes. Notice of this meeting was given in advance to all members of the Board of Education, and a copy of their Acknowledgment of Receipt of Notice is attached to these Minutes. Availability of the Agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the members of this meeting. The President publicly stated to all in attendance that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was available for review and indicated the location of such copy in the room where the meeting was being held. All proceedings of the Board were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Discussion:  We would like to welcome our guests today. As friendly reminder we ask that as a guest you refrain from commenting during the discussion part of our meeting and keep note of any questions or comments that you may have about the discussion items. We will welcome all your comments during the public forum section of the meeting which will directly follow our discussion. Please note that at times it may be necessary to address a member of the audience during the discussion. If you are addressed by a Board member please feel free to answer the questions or provide the appropriate feedback. Thank you for attending.

Discussion:  Expenses $238,122.94 Revenue $363,714.04 Balance $9,494.93

Discussion:  Debt Service Fund Receipts $22,258.77, Expenses $0, Balance $391,237.20 Depreciation Fund Receipts $0, Expenses $809.00, Balance $860,750.59

Discussion:  Receipts $10,250.77 Expenses $9,406.08 Balance $723.28

Discussion:  Receipts $9,314.11 Expenses $137,08.95 Balance $67,147.35

Discussion:  Partners in Education-Ann Erickson. Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 will be voting on board members. Loomis Education Association and Staff- Shari Anderson and Deb Fellows Deb- Presentation on special education program. Explained the process of identifying students with needs.

Discussion:  October 27, 2014 Negotiations Meeting The Negotiations Team met at 7:30 am in the 4th grade classroom. Scott Thorell was unable to attend. LEA Team members: Cheryl Orcutt, Shari Anderson and Jenny Cox Board Committee: Dale Gray, Scott Thorell and Carrie Trompke The Board didn’t have any sections of the negotiated agreement they felt needed addressed at this time. The LEA met last week and discussed the below items to possibly consider through the negotiations process: · Increase in base salary. · Add a step to the salary schedule. · Move index from a 4x4 to a 4x4½ or 4½x4½ · Give teachers option to pay the sub pay rate when exceed leave time allowed instead of paying 1/183 of their salary for each day of excess leave. · Unused sick days are currently paid out at $30/day in the event a teacher leaves the district. Consider increasing that amount.

Discussion:  Veteran's Day Breakfast and Program on November 11th Breakfast at 9:00 am Program at 10:00 am

Discussion:  The district's safety and security committee must meet at least annually to prepare and/or review safety and security plans and procedures. The Safety Committee met in October to discuss and review the safety and accident prevention program. -An updated safety and accident plan is attached. -policy 3035 is attached for re-approval. ** Committee discussed the need to have the keys and door locks on the building checked. Brad Sturgis came out to look at the doors. A recommendation for repair or replacement will be made in the future.

Discussion:  Cabinets for the 5 elementary classrooms were reviewed by the committee and submitted. The total cost of the cabinets was $26,893. The cabinets are scheduled to arrive late May. The cabinets were purchased from Cornhusker State Industries. West Wall Repair- Bids have been received and have been reviewed by the committee. It is being recommended that the west wall and the quad walls be repaired by the lowest, responsible bidder. The repair work will be done next spring/summer. Suburban- The new suburban came in last week. The red suburban was traded. Bus Purchase- The committee met to discuss the buses and transportation needs. Discussion was held on possibly trading the coach bus. The committee would like to begin looking into trading and/or purchasing one to two buses to fulfill our transportation needs. Carpet bids were received from 4 different companies. The bids were opened and the carpet purchase will be made with the lowest, responsible bidder. The committee would like to recommend that we continue to move forward with the building project and sign the contract with W-Design for the architectural work needed during the process. Committee meetings and staff meetings will continue to be conducted before meeting with David Wilson and before he begins the design process.

Discussion:  Preschool Advisory Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18th at 7:30 pm in the Loomis Media Center. Results from the NDE (ECERS)- Karissa and Nicole met with Linda Meyer on Thursday, November 6th to discuss the results of the evaluation. **Suggested areas for improvement: Lack of space

Discussion:  The evaluation tool will be ready and sent out to all the board members by November 24th. Evaluations must be completed by December 1st. The evaluations will be compiled and the committee with meet with Superintendent Hardwick to discuss the evaluation.

Discussion:  *Ag./FFA program update: 4 agriculture classes must be offered per year *Teacher In-service: Schoology and Writing standards/curriculum. *Veterans Program *State Scoring on the NeSA Testing: Loomis scored 8th in Math, 12th in Reading and 33rd in Science out of 249 school districts tested.

Discussion:  There were some minor coaching adjustments needed on a couple of contracts. Those contracts were reprinted and signed by the staff members. Option enrollment approved for Roy Hernandez (Junior).

Discussion:  Shari Anderson asked about the agriculture class schedule and ag. class requirements for FFA.

Discussion:  5 minute break, reconvened at 8:51

Discussion:  Next meeting will be Monday, December 8th @ 7:30 pm in the Loomis Media Center.