January 12, 2015 at 4:00 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, behave morally and compete honorably.

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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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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Dave will start election of officers and we have two options for the election of officers process according to Policy 2002:

 Option #1:
A board member has the option of making a motion to suspend the rules and retain current officers.  Once this motion is made, a second would be needed and then discussion and voting could take place.  If a second is not received, the motion would die for lack of a second or supporting motion.

Option #2:
Election positions:

1.  A nomination ballot listing all board members will be distributed.
2.  Each board member will nominate two members for president.  The two members receiving the most votes are nominated.  In the event of a tie among three or more members, the members who tied advance to a second nomination ballot.  Again, each member votes for two with the two members receiving the most votes being the nominees for the office.
3.  The two nominees are placed on a ballot for election to the office.  In the event of a tie, a second vote will be taken.  In the event of a second tie, the winner will be selected by a toss of a coin.
4. The same procedure will be followed for nominating and electing the vice president, however, the member elected president will not be on the ballot.
5. The remaining four board members will be nominees for treasurer.  A vote will be taken as in #3 above, but using the remaining four members as the nominees.
6. The remaining three board members will be nominees for secretary.  The same voting process as in #3 above, but using the remaining three members as the nominees.

 

 

More Information:  As per policy 2002 – committee members are to be appointed by the president of the board. 

Current Committee assignments are:
Americanism - Larry, Tony, Dave
Building and Grounds - Larry, Craig, Dave
Negotiations - Tony, Jim, Dave
Policy - Larry, Ned, Jim

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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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General Fund for $79,966.32
Payroll for $506,904.64
Total $586,870.96

Most of the bills appear to be common in nature or ones that have appeared before.  Here are a few I would like to point out:

1. $485 to Body Basics is for the repair of the fitness equipment (bikes) we have on the south stage.  There were a couple of bikes that could not be repaired - the repairs were not worth the cost due to the age of the equipment.
2. $942 to General Fire and Safety is for our annual inspection, maintenance and repair of fire extinguishers.  The bill is so high this time due to having 10 fire extinguishers that needed to be retired due to age and the purchase of replacements.
3. $524 to Hockenbergs - had to repair the indoor popcorn popper's kettle and handle.  Was cheaper to repair than purchase a new unit.
4. $812 to Kremer’s Electric is for replacing lighting in trophy cases – the new one and replacing some old ones. I thought part of this was to be under the construction project so need to investigate this one more.
5. $1,225 to Music Theatre International is for our royalty fees and scripts for the junior high musical – Little Mermaid.
6. $1,500 to Nebraska Education Technology Services is our annual fee for the online school board agendas.
7. $1,011 to Oswald is for installation and replacement of lighting in the entryways of the south gym, new switches, and work on the concession stand electrical system.
8. $1,500 to Softchoice is our licensing fee for our Microsoft software – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

More Information:  Morgan Ernesti (5th grade) and Judy Davenport (6th grade) will provide some information on the Milford TeamMates program.

More Information:  K-6 = 351
7-8 = 110
9-12 = 219
K-12 = 680

Two less students compared to last month's report.

We are currently working on Kindergarten numbers for next year.  Slow response at this point!

More Information:  I just have this on here to see if there are any comments/changes to the revision of the contract based on the school lawyer's recommendations.

Also, I will email the evaluation form to each board member and will let Dave discuss the process he wants to use.

More Information:  There are a few changes on this option as compared to the original.

We added a couple of late starts.  Mr. Olson's report regarding staff development activities will explain why we are recommending this change.

We changed October 23rd from a day of no school to a full day.   We have a home football game that night so a lot of students, families and staff will be here anyway so had a request from a staff member to consider this change.  I agree with the suggestion.

In exchange, we changed November 25th from a day of school to a day of no school.  This will extend Thanksgiving break by one day.

 

More Information:  These policies are ones that the lawyers recommend we review at this meeting.  They are attached for your review and I only plan on discussing them at the meeting if there are questions or comments.  If changes are needed, we would discuss/act on them at the February meeting. 

Let me know if you have questions. 

More Information:  This is an annual item.

More Information:  This is an annual item as well.  This item recognizes the fact that Tammy is performing the duties of our day to day treasurer.

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More Information:  It is time to complete the NSAA paperwork for our wresting cooperative with Dorchester.  This approval allows us to complete the paperwork and start the renewal process.

More Information:  Marcia has submitted (attached) her letter of resignation/retirement that will be effective at the end of the 2014-15 school year.

Marcia has taught for 40 years - 25 as a 2nd grade teacher in Milford.

More Information:  Brenda has submitted (attached) her letter of resignation/retirement that will be effective at the end of the 2014-15 school year.

Brenda has taught for 34 years - 33 as a 1st grade teacher in Milford.

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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.

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