November 14, 2016 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

More Information:  Mission Statement - Milford Public Schools will prepare all students to be successful citizens: Our Mission is fulfilled when all students read with comprehension, speak and write clearly, compute accurately, reason logically, understand and appreciate the fine arts, apply suitable strategies and habits of mind to solve problems, utilize technology to communicate and to understand information and behave morally.

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General Fund for $103,967.53
Payroll for $524,660.39
Total $628,627.92

Special Building Fund for $20,134.55

This is for architect and engineering fees related to the track project

Bond Fund for $236,356.25

This is our principal and interest payment.

Other items to Point Out:

1. $5,987.40 to Bishop Business is for scanning student files and for modules to get other files scanned and saved.  Running out of file cabinet space and it will be nice to have these in digital format as that is what most colleges and agencies are asking for.
2. $2,995 to CIPA filter is for a new server.  CIPA is our filtering software for internet searches that attempts to limit websites that we know should not be accessed.  This is a virtual server so we will no longer have a large server in our maintenance closet.
3. $3,093.56 to Midland Telecom is to install cameras in the new bus and to repair and clean existing bus cameras.
4. $8,781.53 to Milford A/C & Appliance - $4,359 was for the welding area in the shop, $4,422 was for replacement of the air/heat unit for the stage/band room.
5. $1,000 to SectorNow is support and maintenance for the video display at the high school.
6. $3,875 to Striv, Inc. is for software and support for the live streaming of games and for our broadcasting class.
7. $2,392 to Directions in our yearly fee for our employee assistance program.
8. KSB School Law - we have had to use our lawyers for several student situations and a special education case.
9. Providence - just a reminder that this is for random canine safety sweeps of our secondary building and parking lots.
10. $1,319 to Rockbrook Camera is for a new camera for journalism and broadcasting classes.
11. $3,000 to Supplyworks is for paper products, gloves, disinfectant, vacuum bags, etc. for the maintenance department.

Please call or email with questions.

More Information:  The report is attached.  We have decreased by 2 students since the last meeting.  We are still 25 over what we had enrolled last May.

More Information:  Dr. Kubicek will be reviewing the attached PowerPoint presentation.

More Information:  Jon Carlson visited on Nov 11 and brought an electrical engineer along.  Jon visited with Sam Fisher at Fisher Track and he said we should have the plans out the first part of December.  We may have to have a special meeting to approve the plans or I can work with two groups of three to review the plans.  I will see when we receive them. 

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We attached a synopsis of the 2015-16 Audit.  Nothing unusual to report as it looks like our last several.  I would like to point out that in the fiscal highlights on the 3rd page, it states that in all funds we decreased revenue by $1,452,462 and disbursements were decreased by $1,770,587.  This is due to refinancing of the Bond Fund in 2014-15. If you read the details of the report, this is the reason for that statement.  All other numbers closely match our records.  There are always a few differences due to auditing rules and regulations compared to our daily budgeting process.

More Information:  No hard copies to share at this point, but want to discuss some scheduling issues and ideas.  The main discussion will focus on the 179 student days.  In the past, we have generally been ok with total hours and that is what the State uses for accreditation purposes.  We are considering turning two of our late starts into full day teacher inservice days.  The 2-hour late starts have been great, but just do not always provide us with the time we need, especially before conferences.  I would just like to have some general conversations at this point.

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The Board President will restate the reason for Closed/Executive Session after the motion has been acted on.