March 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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General Fund for $117,721.10
Payroll for $515,503.36
Total $633,224.46

Items to point out:

1. Cornhusker International - $1,265 is for a circuit board and the gauge cluster housing and the $5,763 bill is for basically taking the motor apart to find a leak.  $3,000 of the bill was labor.  Ended up with new oil pan and belt tensioner.
2. $400 to Jill Ferguson is for training on our writing curriculum.
3. $24,499 to Johnson Hardware is for projects from Summer of 14 through this summer.  We had several projects related to the high remodel project and fire marshal requirements.  We felt the work was not completed satisfactorily and so we are paying the bill we have been holding.
4. $5,860 to Krauter Bosn is for 2 new steam coils in the high school mechanical room.
5. Bills to Milford AC are for repairs to the heating units above the kindergarten and the elementary kitchen.
6. $2,160 to Rachel's Challenge is our fee for the program.

Kyle is our 20 year old student that is attending Project Search in York.  Kyle and Nichole will be giving a short presentation.

Here is information about Project SEARCH from their website:

Project SEARCH is a transition program for young adults in their last year of high school. It is an internship program designed to transition young adults with disabilities from the high school setting into employment within the workplace.

Project SEARCH began in 1996 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Concerned with a high turnover rate, Erin Riehle, the Director of the Emergency Department, wondered if people with disabilities could fill the entry level jobs she had. Cincinnati Children’s, along with the Hamilton County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development turned the idea of filling a handful of jobs into a comprehensive program model - Project SEARCH. Project SEARCH has grown from one original program to over 300 across 42 states and four countries.

The program provides real-life work experience combined with training in employability and independent living skills to help young adults with disabilities make successful transitions from school to productive adult life.

Please see attached report.  I may not have recommendations until meeting time. We still have a few families with possible kindergartners for next year that we are waiting for confirmation from.  They may keep their students out one more year. 

I met with Jon Carlson and Jeff from Nemaha Landscape Construction (low bidder) on Wednesday morning to review plans and start a change order on the original plans.  I do not think I will have any updated numbers by board meeting time due to having time to visit with sub contractors, but will update the board members as soon as I do.  I may get the building committee together if Nemaha or Jon have new plans or ideas for review.

Track Numbers:

I have attached a document showing our track participation numbers.  It shows the last 7 years and averages, as well as a few years previous to that.

1. Other than our instrumental music program, no activity has such a large number of participants.
2. From 16/17 back to 09/10 we have averaged:
   1. 67 junior high students
   2. 58 high school students 
   3. 126 students per year participating in track
   4. PE classes, weight/fitness classes use the track
3. The community uses the track daily.  Even in the winter.

I struggle with this as much as the board does.  Unfortunately, it is a part of our facility that does cost a lot of money to update. 

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