August 10, 2020 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)
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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:
Sean Nutzman, Jr/Sr High Vocal Music Teacher
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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
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.1. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting
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3.2. Approve Payment of Claims
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General Fund for $155,793.74
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4. Reports
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4.1. Administrative Reports
Discussion:
Elementary Principal: Mrs. Hartman shared that the kids should now know who their teachers are, the first staff in-service day went great, and teachers put classrooms back together.
Secondary Principal: Mr. Mowinkel congratulated the students who placed at the National STAR competition. He shared the first teacher in-service day went well. He thanked everyone who made graduation possible. He discussed the 7th and 9th grade virtual open house. Director of Learning: Dr. Kubicek discussed the Marzano in-service day, MAP testing during the first few weeks of school, and assessment training from NWEA. Superintendent: Mr. Wingard included NASB's monthly update. He shared a student will be attending the ESU/SCC CRAVE Program this year. He discussed what was shared with staff at the staff in-service and the school emergency plan. |
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4.2. Review/Discuss Grade Level Student Enrollment Report
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The numbers in the attached document are what we know as of Friday, August 7th.
Discussion:
PK is 34
K-6 is 417 7-8 is 121 9-12 is 281 Total K-12 is 756 |
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4.3. Review/Discuss List of Students Optioning In and Out of Milford Public Schools
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Currently, we have 75 students that option in and 36 that option out of the district.
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4.4. Review/Discuss NDE Exempt School Report (Homeschools Located in our District Boundaries)
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Currently we have 74 students attending 31 different approved home schools.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard included the 2019/20 Exempt Schools Report.
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4.5. Review/Discuss 2020-21 Staff Assignments and Activity/Sponsor Assignments
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Attached is a listing of our current PK-12 staff and extra duty assignments.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard included the 2020-21 staff and extra duty assignments.
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4.6. Review/Discuss Construction Projects
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I will give an update at the meeting.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard discussed the elementary project and apologized for it not being complete. He shared the high school project looks great.
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4.7. Discuss State Funding for Public Education
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Open discussion as needed.
Discussion:
President Dave Welsch discussed the different types of funding and property tax relief.
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4.8. Review/Discuss COVID-19 Items
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Liability Insurance update from NASB - ALICAP’s reinsurance carrier, as with most other carriers, added an exclusion for "communicable disease". This exclusion was added to the ALICAP policy with the understanding, that if the state and federal "gross negligence" law is passed, this exclusion would be removed. NASB has attempted to create traction at the state legislature but that doesn’t look promising at this point in time. Furthermore, NASB plans to reach out to Ben Sasse and Deb Fischer, at the federal level, to communicate the importance of this situation.
Discussion:
Mr. Wingard included an updated Framework for Addressing Protocols Due to COVID-19, Staff Reopening Information and Accommodation Requests, and Activity Guidelines and Restrictions.
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5. Board Commentary
Discussion:
President Dave Welsch stated he appreciates the administration staff.
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6. Unfinished Business
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6.1. Discussion and Action on COVID-19 Resolution
Discussion:
No action taken.
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6.2. Review/Update 2020-21 Option Enrollment Resolution
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We approved this same resolution at a previous meeting with our "usual" class sizes that determine if a grade level is open for option enrollment students. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, I am recommending we act on a new resolution as presented to close all grade levels to option enrollment students for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. The new numbers are in the document.
K-2 will go from 20 per room down to 15. 3-6 will go from 22 per room down to 15. 7-8 will go from 60 per grade level enrollment down to 45. 9-12 will go from 70 per grade level enrollment down to 40. 7-12 combined grade level totals will go from 360 down to 265. All special programs will remain closed.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6.3. Review 2020-21 Board Meeting Dates and Times
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It was pointed out that we have possible conflicts with school activities. We have two board members that have students participating in the events that are in conflict with our meeting dates. Please bring calendars so we can see if we have any alternative dates.
If we do move a meeting date or time we will act on them during agenda item 7.6.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. New Business
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7.1. Review and Act on 2020-21 Student Handbook, 2020-21Activity Handbook, and the 2020-21 Staff Handbooks (Certified and Classified Staff)
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"Rough" drafts are attached. All three need final editing and formatting completed yet. The contents are current as of Friday, August 7th. KSB Law has shared that there could be additional updates this fall as things change. At that time, we would update the handbooks and re-share with students, parents, and staff. If it involves a specific policy, those will be brought to the board for approval.
Tonight we will be approving the content of all three handbooks (not the formatting:)) Updated Sections are from the policies we have approved that last couple of months:
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.2. Hold Public Hearing to Discuss, Consider, and Receive Input on Policies: 5045 Student Fees, 5054 Student Bullying, 5018 Parent and Guardian Involvement in Educational Practices, 5057 District and School (Combined) Title I Parent and Family Engagement
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This is a yearly requirement. This is considered a "hearing" for public comment. Dave will open the hearing, ask for any comments, and then close the hearing. Tammy will record the notes in the discussion section.
I do not have any recommended changes as these are policies that KSB Law would update or change according to NDE or Legislative changes. If changes are discussed at this meeting and verbally agreed to, we will add the specific policy to next month's agenda for discussion and action. No action will take place at this meeting.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
President Welsch opened the hearing at 9:06 p.m.
Mr. Wingard amended Policy 5045 Student Fees President Welsch closed the hearing at 9:08 p.m. |
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7.3. Review Policies: 5001 Compulsory Attendance and Excessive Absenteeism and 3004 General Purchasing and Procurement
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We review these policies every year as recommended by KSB Law. We usually also have our teacher evaluation policies included but have those as a separate agenda item tonight.
No action needed as we are just reviewing. If we need to make a change we would add it to next month's agenda.
Discussion:
The policies were reviewed.
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7.4. Approve the 2020-21 and 2021-22 Negotiated Agreement with the Milford Education Association
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The Milford Education Association voted to approve the attached 2020-21 and 2021-22 Negotiated Agreement. It is on the agenda for board approval. The details of the plan were discussed at last month's meeting.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.5. Discuss and Consider Updates to Teacher Evaluation Process and Policies 4030 Evaluation of Certificated Employees and 4031 Evaluation of Probationary Certified Employees
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Dr. Kubicek will review the teacher evaluation process and highlight some of the planned changes. According to Rule 10, the board needs to approve these changes and the current attached policies. There will be no changes to the policies but we will need to approve them anyway according to the guidelines.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.6. Reserved for Possible Voting on Future Board Meeting Dates Due to Activity Conflicts
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We will only use this item if we are moving future meeting dates and/or times.
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7.7. Discuss and Act on Title IX Policy and Procedure Updates
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The Title IX program has been rewritten at the Federal level. We have been working with KSB on all of the required changes. As you will see there are many! There are many challenges to these changes and if the challenges are not successful the new regulations go into effect this month. If the challenges are successful, we can operate under our old policies and procedures. I have attached all of the documents associated with the updates. I will let you know Monday night if we are acting on these items or just discussing.
Items attached:
Policy Changes:
Possible Motion: Recommend motion to approve Policy 3057 Title IX, Policy 2006 Complaint Procedure, Policy 4014 Employment Related Sexual Harassment, and Policy 5026 Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment of Students as presented.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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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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8.1. Executive Session (if needed)
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9. Adjourn
Discussion:
President Welsch adjourned the meeting at 9:49 p.m.
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