May 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. OPENING PROCEDURES
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COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT: The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the south wall of the meeting room. ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS: The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda.
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1.1. Call Meeting to Order
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m |
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1.2. Roll Call
Discussion:
Board members present were Matt O'Daniel, Shanon Willmott, Janet Warner, Bruce Scheer, Jessica Scheer, and Jason Arp. Also present were Superintendent Dr. Dawn Lewis, High School Principal Aaron Pfingsten, Elementary Principal Jacqueline Morgan, Athletic Director James Shada, and recording secretary Jenny Hansen.
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.4. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND PUBLIC FORUM
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM: Getting Started: When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education. Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a board meeting. General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Disruptions, offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated.
Discussion:
none
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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. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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3.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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3.3. Approve New Teacher Contracts:
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3.3.1. Hannah Sedlacek for Elem SPED
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3.3.2. Carolyn Janke for .5 FTE Elem Music
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
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4.1. Elementary Physical Education Curriculum Report
Discussion:
PE reports are attached.
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4.2. MS/HS Physical Education Report
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5. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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5.1. Mr. Shada's May Spotlight
Discussion:
James Shada read through the Hall of Fame names for all to hear. He also spoke on the successes of FBLA, Sports Management, the Beacon of Light, and the possibility of opening things up and starting of sports this summer including baseball, softball, and summer camps with guidelines.
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5.2. Mrs. Morgan's May Board Report
Discussion:
Jacque Morgan was excited to share that the library check out just under 500 books during the last 4-4.5 weeks. Thank you to the PTO and both booster clubs for all they did during teacher appreciation week. Plans are starting for summer school and extended school year and what those will look like this year. We are finishing up the bedtime stories which has been a success. We have a virtual 6th grade graduation coming up. We just completed our virtual track and field day and we have quite a few kids that earned certificates.
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5.3. Mr. Pfingsten's May Board Report
Discussion:
Aaron Pfingston discussed the HS end of semester details including graduation. The graduation video will be on graduation day at 1:00 released on a variety of platforms. July 19 will still be our graduation ceremony unless things change. Prom will be July 17. Thank you to Selectel and the Booster Club for providing yard signs for our seniors.
Mr Parsons has been making face shields and ear guards with our 3-D printer. Dixie Everitt has been making face masks to share. We learned today that FBLA is holding a national conference virtually for $65/student. There will be zoom sessions and keynote speakers. Normally this time of year the students would be here thanking the Board for their support. |
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6. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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6.1. Distribute Supt Evaluation Forms
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel emailed out the form to all board members to return by the June board meeting so it gets wrapped up.
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6.2. NRCSA Member Update
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis sent recognition to NRCSA for our bedtime stories, cooks lunches, etc. She is trying to share so they can share with our legislators. THe NRCSA conference has been cancelled rather than postponed again.
Dr. Lewis will be the president elect next year. |
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6.3. NASB Member Updates
Discussion:
Expected state aid is down because our option numbers are down. There is no equalization aid.
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6.4. Update on Summer Projects
Discussion:
We are still working on the approval of paving the parking lot by the football field and closing the street between the school and the football field. We are hoping the planning committee will be willing to meet again if they have something else to meet on but this is still on hold for now.
There are new partitions in the restrooms off the blue gym. Summer classroom deep cleaning has begun. |
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6.5. Introduction of Launch Nebraska website
Discussion:
A new website provided by NDE is https://www.launchne.com/. The purpose is to help schools with resources to fill gaps of recovering learning with students.
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7. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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7.1. Finance Committee
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7.2. Negotiations Committee
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8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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8.1. Discussion of Possible North East Addition and Next Steps
Discussion:
After much discussion, the board agreed this is a good plan to move forward with. The board will discuss this more at the June meeting and possibly start getting dates on their calendars. If the board decides to move forward with this, we will be well into the next tax year by the time construction starts. For the 2020-2021 school year, every single classroom will be full. Matt O'Daniel wanted to note that this is not a solution that DLR first presented to us. Their plans were much bigger and involved the west side of the building. This addition will be in the northeast corner and will be similar to the science wing to add more classrooms. If we move forward, we could have this paid for in three years if we work hard. The QCPUF bond will expire at about that same time. We could maybe look at larger solutions at that time.
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8.2. Discuss, Consider and Approve Policy 1501--Community Relations: Emergency Exclusion of Person from School on second reading.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.3. Discuss Consider and Approve Policy 1500--Community Relations: Emergency Closure of School Buildings on second reading.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Discuss, Consider, and Approve Wage and Salary Increases for Non-Certificated Staff Members as presented
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Dawn Lewis presented a 2% as a blanket increase for all classified staff with a couple exceptions. Bus drivers will increase from $42 to $45 per half route. Dr. Lewis would like to move one person from hourly to salary with about a 2.8% increase and one person will get a little bit less because this person currently gets significantly higher pay.
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9.2. Approve Spring Budget Items of Building Level and Classroom Requisitions
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Dr Lewis compared the 19-20 and 20-21 budgets. Elementary is up a little in some areas but down in others so including adding two classroom sections, our overall increase will be about $2800.
Secondary has about a 3.5% budget increase. We added a SPED transition from MS to HS. With the new art teacher, we added a new pottery wheel. We also added new text books and scientific calculators. |
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9.3. Review Policies: 6700: Firearm Safety, 6800: Internet Safety; 6900: Chronic Infectious Diseases Practice and Procedure; 6910: Dispensing Meds Caretaker Authorization Form; 6910: Medications Form; 6910: Dispensing Medications; 6920: Self-management of Asthma-Anaphylaxis-Diabetes; 6920a New Asthma Sever Allergy Self Management Consent Form; 6920b: Diabetes Medical Management Plan Form.
Discussion:
These policies have no modifications and will stay as is.
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9.4. Discuss, Consider, and Approve SPED PT Contract for 2020-2021 With Learn2Move, LLC at State Approved Rate per hour
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.5. Present Senior Students that Completed Rule 10 Requirements for Graduation
Discussion:
The senior list was presented to board - 60 total. The assumption is that they will all meet the requirements for graduation with some items that still need completed.
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9.6. 2020-2021 Calendar Discussion Connected to COVID-19
Discussion:
There has not been a lot of direction about our summer until today with baseball and softball. Hopefully we can still have graduation and prom in July. It is recommended that we have 3-4 calendars for fall. Conversations here are starting about what we need to plan for.
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10. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Rationale:
The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to go into Closed/Executive Session at any time in accordance with Section 84-1410. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the board room for review by the public. |
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11. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS
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12. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel adjourned the regular meeting at 8:53 p.m.
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