August 12, 2019 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Discussion:
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1.1. Recognition of Public Notice of Open Meeting
Discussion:
President Scheer noted that notice of the meeting was properly published in the Phonograph Herald and/or in 3 public places, per policy. |
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1.2. Recognition of Posted Notice of the Open Meetings Law
Discussion:
President Scheer noted that the Open Meetings Law is posted on the wall of the meeting room. |
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2. Roll Call
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2.1. Americanism Quote
Discussion:
President Scheer read the Americanism quote. "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington
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3. Minutes of the Previous Regular Meetings
Discussion:
President Scheer asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes of the previous meeting. None were made, and the minutes were declared approved. |
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4. Bills As Presented By the Superintendent
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.1. Board needs to consider paying the credit card as presented.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5. Financial Report
Discussion:
The Superintendent presented the Financial Report. |
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6. Communications from the Public
Discussion:
Parents in support of the |
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7. New Business
Discussion:
Communication from the public policy was read. Parents and student in support of implementing a school sponsored baseball team were present. Information from other schools and opportunities for athletes was presented. Mr. Fairbanks spoke on behalf of our successful track program and suggested that we should have a feasibility study before moving forward with a new program in a school of our size. Parents present would like to see more opportunities for spring sports and a school sponsored baseball team would give legion players an advantage. Speaking to the city about field usage and more information as needed will be supplied by supportive |
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7.1. Board to discuss baseball as a sport for St. Paul Public School.
Discussion:
Our school attorney - equal opportunity for sports. Currently we are 6 and 6 for offered sports and how many girls vs. boys are partcipating. You can also do a survey for the lesser slot partcipapting then you can offer the sport they are interested in. OCR could be contacted if we have more opportunity for boys vs. girls. To be in line with class B we would need to co-op with four area schools to get to at least 50% of the numbers and that can also cause a lot of issues.
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7.2. BVH Architecture will be here to discuss options for services they provide.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Discussion of the facility we currenly have and the land lock we are in with possibity of salvaging the 1920's structure vs. building new. BVH offers structure and facility studies to help plan and make an informed decision on the future of our educational specifications.
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7.3. Board needs to discuss and adopt Board Goals from NASB.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Thede would like to see further development of our HAL program.
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7.4. Board needs to consider approving Policy 4039. (Employment of Classified Staff)
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.5. Board needs to consider approving Policy 5044.(Safe Pupil Transportation)
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.6. Board needs to consider approving Teacher Handbook as presented.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.7. Board needs to consider approving Student Handbook as presented.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Discussion on policy changes in the student handbook: new opporutnity for students who are ineligible to get help after school on Wednesday and consequences for vaping/tobacco use vs. alcohol in school.
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7.8. Board needs to consider approving Activity Handbook as presented.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.9. FFA will speak on national competition trip.
Discussion:
Mr. Bowder and the students that attended the Environthon were present and thanked the school board for supporting their trip and competition to North Carolina. Training days followed by displays for what they would be tested on were on the first day. The second day was the group contest that ranged from forestry to aquatics. The third day was a visit to the coast , Fort Macon and the aquarium. The fourth day was prep for presentation of the scenario that was given to the group and the fifth day was the presentation contest.
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7.10. Board needs to consider approving Brian Busse as a volunteer coach for Cross Country and Turner Brouillette for Jr. High Football.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7.11. Principal's Report
Discussion:
Principal Paider and Hagen reported on great testing scores and waiting on NSCAS results to compare with new data. Science curriculum is here and being set up by teachers and currently teachers are training in L to J to strengthen vocabulary. Mrs. Schulte updated student numbers for the year and staff changes.
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7.12. Superintendent's Report
MPAC progress Building is ready for the first day. Roof project Chrome books (10) new students Americanism Committee Homecoming
Discussion:
Hoping for more progess this week on the MPAC building. Roof project should be wrapped up this week with some interior repair that will be neded when they are done. New chromebooks were ordered for new students. The Americanism committee will be meeting after Sept. 1st. Homecoming football game may need to be changed to a new date due to low numbers for Sutherland.
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7.13. Review Board Calendar
Discussion:
Strategic planning will be set in the fall.
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8. Adjournment
Discussion:
Adjourned at 11:06.
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