June 9, 2022 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 7:00pm
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1.2. Roll Call
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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:
Merritt Gilmore was present to address the board about girls wrestling in support of the program. She brought up many positive points to the board, and spoke of the positive impact on the sport and the female athletes. The rate of growth of the sport has grown tremendously.
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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
- Also attached, Corrected March 2022 & April 2022 Bank Statement report
Discussion:
As an expense was shown debited mistakenly out of Bond funds and should have been out of Special Building funds. (only shown incorrectly on the report not in actual finances) Reports have be corrected to show corrected balances in those two accounts.
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3.3.
Resignations: Hires: Reassignments: |
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
* No reports for summer months * |
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5. REVIEW OF ANNUAL DISTRICT PLAN
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis went over the district plan and what has been added. Items were added after the spring meeting to make sure all updates and regulations are ready for the school and the upkeep.
Training and planning for safety and transportation are in the works for meetings and, hopefully, installments of new programs to better our systems to make us more efficient and safer. |
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6. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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6.1. Mrs. Morgan's Elementary Report
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6.2. Mr. Shada's Annual Activity Report
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6.3. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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7.1. Review Supt Leave Log for 21-22
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7.2. Review/Discuss final enrollment numbers for 2021-2022 year
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7.3. Discussion of Bus Route Student Tracking and Route Monitoring system
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7.4. Review of Final Phase of Construction Project
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7.5. Fuel Tank at Bus Barn Update
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8. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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8.1. Enrollment Trends and Option Enrollment Ad Hoc Committee
Discussion:
Committee met Monday June 6th- preliminary talks on enrollment and capacity sizes. Took a look at other schools on their procedures and how they cap grade sizes and work with option enrollment. Will meet in July again to look at financials and how it will affect the school and funds.
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9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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9.1. Discuss, Consider and Adopt Legislated Policy Updates on Second Reading:
Discussion:
policies are adopted as there is no change in the policies- all changes are required by state and nothing need to be changed or approved.
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10. NEW BUSINESS
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10.1. Discuss and Consider Addition of Girls Wrestling NSAA Activity for 22-23
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Shada provided a handout of some of the information about girls wrestling, and spoke about all the points on the handout. Questions were asked by board members on how the whole program would be adopted and work for Arlington.
111 districts in the state have adopted the sport. Not necessarily wrestling, but the districts have adopted the program to the school, and then the district then has the opportunity to have a team if there is enough interest to have a team for the year. Would need to look into the state for guidance if a co-op would be desired from surrounding schools, as in such as the swimming program. No JH girls teams at this time for the whole state. Do not foresee that changing at this time. |
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10.2. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Set Activity Event Prices for 2022-2023
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Our activities conference schools have agreed that prices among all of our member schools should increase, and be consistent among each other. The AD and Principal's groups discussed the $5/$7 for Varsity, and $4/$5 for non-varsity events. We also haven't raised family pass prices for several years, but our cost to host events has increased significantly (officials, etc.). This will assist in keeping the "athletics" account within the activity account solvent.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Costs have not changed on admissions for over 10 years, prices have been the same for quite a while, and most schools have paid higher prices in the past three years. This will help offset the costs of our athletic program and funds.
The whole conference came to a unified decision. They wanted to make sure that all conferences were at the same price and not have different pricing for all different schools. Family passes and student passes. At this time, we have one of the highest prices for passes. Many of the other schools in our conference are looking to raise their prices to match our pass price. Pass prices will remain the same for next year. |
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10.3. Discuss, Consider, and Approve Purchase of Kitchen Equipment as Presented
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Please see attached price sheets. The highlighted items are those requested for purchase, and we will likely purchase additional tables as well. We are required to spend down funds in excess of approximately 3 months of Hot Lunch expenses. We will develop a plan to continue to improve the lunch program.
Mrs. French has expressed her thoughts on which items that would benefit the school program. |
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10.4. Discuss, Consider, and Reaffirm Policy 5415 Anti-Bullying
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10.5. Discuss, Consider, and Reaffirm Policy 6400 Parental Involvement
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10.6. Discuss, Consider and Reaffirm Policy 5416 Students Fees and Student Fees Appendix
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11. 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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12. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS
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13. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel adjourned the meeting at 8:02pm
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