August 13, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Milford Public Schools Board of Education Information
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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.
This agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution. A copy of the agenda reflecting any changes will be available for public inspection during normal business hours in the District Office. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be altered later than twenty-four hours before the meeting. The Board reserves the right to alter the order of items, as it deems necessary. |
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2. Opening Procedures
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2.1. Call to Order, Roll Call
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2.2. Excuse Absent Board Members (if needed)
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.3. Open Meeting Law
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Information concerning the Open Meeting Law, Chapter 84, Article 14 of Nebraska State Statutes, is posted on the bulletin board in the back of the meeting room. |
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2.4. Additions to Agenda
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2.5. Welcome and Introduction of Visitors
Discussion:
Emily Hemphill, Milford Times; Sam Copley; Leanne Hauder; Michele Kontor; Ashley Kroese; Lindsey Sample; Erika Stauffer; Jennifer Wolf
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2.6. Community Input
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This is the public’s opportunity to speak to items on the agenda. This is also the public’s opportunity to speak to any topic concerning the school district – since it is not an agenda item the board cannot discuss or take action on the matter at this time. Future discussion can be requested as an agenda item. To be recognized, all participants must complete the Request to Address the Milford Board of Education Form. No complaints regarding specific staff members will be heard during a public meeting. The District has established separate procedures for complaints against individual employees. Thank you for your participation. |
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3. Consent Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.1. Minutes of Previous Meeting
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3.2. Payment of Claims
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General Fund for $215,277.08
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4. Reports
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4.1. Presentation by Coach Kontor and the CC Team Regarding Summer Camp Attended
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Coach Kontor and some team members are going to present information on the summer camp they attended in Iowa.
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4.2. Administrative Reports
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The report is attached.
Discussion:
Elementary Principal: Mrs. Hartman discussed the master schedule; Back To School Night; Eagle Pride; Popcorn With the Principal; 5th Grade Kindness Retreat; Elementary Family Night; building meetings; and reading implementation training. She thanked the teachers that have put time in working on the reading templates.
Secondary Principal: Mr. Mowinkel discussed the jr/sr high staff meeting activities; the "Best 1st day ever"; Back To School Night; visiting the incoming 7th graders; the Youth Frontiers Events; and On To College ACT test prep. Director of Learning: Dr. Kubicek also thanked the teachers for their work on the reading templates and shared the training that has been taking place. He discussed the PreACT and the ACT results. Superintendent: Mr. Wingard discussed the opening staff meeting; Luke Landkamer's Eagle Scout project; and the City Well Project. He included the School Law Reporter and NASB's Monthly Update. He reminded the board about the picnic at the Pauley's. He pointed out upcoming NASB trainings and future meetings. |
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4.3. Student Enrollment Report
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PK - 33
K-6 - 418 7-8 - 94 9-12 - 220 K-12 is 732 These numbers will changes when school starts. We have 43 more K-6 students enrolled now than what we did in May of 2017.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard included the Student Enrollment Report.
PK - 33 K-6 - 418 7-8 - 94 9-12 - 220 K-12 is 732 |
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4.4. Option Enrollment Report
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We have attached a report on the history of option enrollment. You will see that we have 73 option into the district and 30 out for a net of 43 students.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard included the Option Enrollment Report.
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4.5. NDE Exempt School Report (Homeschools Located in our District Boundaries)
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard included the NDE Exempt School Report.
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4.6. 2018-19 Teacher Assignments and Activity/Sponsor Assignments
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Both reports are attached.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard included the teacher and activity/sponsor assignments.
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4.7. Discuss State Funding for Public Education
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Open discussion as needed.
Discussion:
President Dave Welsch shared information with the Board.
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5. Board Commentary
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6. Unfinished Business
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6.1. Track Replacement Report
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard reported on the track replacement.
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6.2. Elementary Remodel/Additions Discussion
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard discussed elementary numbers and options for remodeling and funding.
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7. New Business
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7.1. Discuss/Act on Two Year Agreement with Crete High School for Baseball
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We have been invited, see attached letter, by Crete Public Schools for a two year cooperative for baseball. High School baseball is a spring event and would compete for athletes with golf and track.
Crete has no financial requirements attached for us to join this cooperative. We will have to have a staff member drive the athletes to practice and games or a location on the route to games to meet the Crete bus. Obviously, my concern is how our other two spring activities will be affected. We know there will be some athletes that will play baseball that were playing golf or in track last year. Truly not sure how many athletes will be interested in baseball.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.2. Discuss/Act on Option Enrollment Requests
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I attached our current regulations.
I have 3 requests that I have been asked to bring to the board. One is for a 3rd grader, one is for a 5th grader, and the last one is for 10th grade. The option limits we just re-approved are attached. 3rd grade is closed due to size, and the 5th and 10th graders have IEP's and all of our special services programs are currently closed due to size and uniqueness of current disabilities our resident students have. I have already denied several this summer that would have required special services. Also, with the year just starting and having a number of new students in the district, we have no way of predicting how are numbers will change in the next month or so. You will see in my recommended motion that I would ask that you deny these requests. I do not like that we are in the position of having to deny option requests but we do not want to put the District into a position that increases our space issues or increases case loads that would force us to add another staff member.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.3. Act of 2018-19 Student Handbook and Activity Handbook
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Both documents are attached. We added to the length of the documents as we placed actual policies in certain areas instead of just referring to a policy number. We will point a few items out at the meeting. Overall, we added information to what was already present, or updated the sections related to our last policy updates you approved, and did a lot of editing.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.4. Discuss, Consider, and Receive Input on Policy 5045 Student Fees; Policy 5054 Student Bullying; Policy 5018 Parent and Guardian Involvement in Educational Practices; Policy 5057 District and School (Combined) Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy
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We review these policies every August. For this set, we must ask if there is any public input on the policies. If none, we just make a motion to reaffirm the policies.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.5. Review Policies: 5001 Compulsory Attendance and Excessive Absenteeism, 4030 Evaluation of Certified Employees, and Policy 4031 Evaluation of Probationary Certified Employees
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These are policies we want you as a Board to be aware of and will answer any questions you may have related to them. No action is needed.
Discussion:
The Bao
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7.6. Set Monday, August 27th, 5:30 p.m., for Special Meeting to Finalize the 2017-18 Budget and to Hold Preliminary 2018-19 Budget Hearing
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We need to act on the special meeting date.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.7. Approve the 2018-19 and 2019-20 Negotiated Agreement with the Milford Education Association
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We need to act on the agreement. We already verbally approved the new base to be set at $37,000 and this reflects a 2.78% increase in the salary package. We updated the wording on items e), f), and g) to clarify possible deductions of pay.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.8. Discuss Survey from the Nebraska Association of School Boards Regarding "the training of teachers to be able to conceal/carry"
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On August 1st we received the following survey question from NASB: "if allowed by law...would our board advocate for trained teachers to be able to conceal/carry?"
We will discuss this at our meeting. No action is required. Will be for discussion purposes only.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard disucssed the survey on "the training of teachers to be able to conceal/carry".
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8. Executive Session
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The Board of Education reserves the right to enter into Closed/Executive Session for 1) the protection of the public interest, or 2) the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and/or the individual has not requested a public meeting. When making a motion to enter into Closed/Executive Session, the member making the motion should be as specific as possible as to the reason(s) for executive session. |
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9. Adjourn
Discussion:
President Dave Welsch adjourned the meeting at 9:40 p.m.
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