May 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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General Fund for $61,711.83
Payroll for $525,778.09
Total $649,201.75

Bond Fund for $5,649 is the annual spring interest and fee payment.

Building Fund for $13,781.75 is for our Facility Study by Morrissey Engineering and the Survey and Topography Study by REGA Engineering Group.

Depreciation for $72,998.67 is for our new reading series.

Items to point out:

1. There are not many items to point out this month.
2. $1,224 to ACT is for the materials for the Pre ACT that our 9th and 10th graders completed.
3. $231 to Cassandra McMahan was for her accompaniment work during district music.
4. $6,085 to OnTrack and Field is for the portable runways we purchased for the track and high jump area.  Our plan is to sell these this summer.
5. $3,188 to Wenger is for the legs and railings needed to convert our music risers to a stage for graduation.  This works well as we have discussed the need for this for several years.

Open discussion as needed.

1. Adam Sparks is resigning to move to Chicago.  His fiance has accepted a job in Chicago and they are getting married in October so Adam has decided to move.  We are disappointed to lose him.  Adam is a great young teacher. 
2. We are working on a replacement.  We have several candidates we are interviewing.

1. Shanna has resigned and has accepted a Research and Instruction Specialist position with UNL. Shanna will assist in the teaching, development, implementation and delivery of research and information literacy skills to introductory courses and workshops, and serve in the Nebraska High School Users Program.  This position organizes the scheduling and instruction for research and writing projects. Shanna has worked in the district 14 years and has helped move our English department to a top notch level.  She will be missed.
2. We will be replacing Shanna with Shelly Stitt in a later agenda item.

1. Shelly Stitt has been hired for high school English
   1. Shelly has been working for the Seward County Extension since 2012
   2. She has taught English in Arizona
   3. She will be filling some extra duty assignments next year
2. Camille Wanetka has been hired to teach 3rd grading reading
   1. Camille will be at the elementary for only 3rd grade reading at this point
   2. She has taught at St. Vincent’s in Seward, Sidney and Syracuse
3. Wesley (Dakota) Morgan
   1. Dakota has taught at Lincoln Northeast this past year.
   2. He was filling in for a teacher that was on sabbatical leave and the teacher has decided to return to teaching.
   3. He also has experience in Illinois.

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