January 9, 2023 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
Discussion:
Jason Arp:
Cassie Flesner: Chase Kratochvill: Brian Laaker: Matt O'Daniel: Shanon Willmott: Also Present: Dawn Lewis, Superintendent, Principals Jacque Morgan, Aaron Pfingsten, and recording Secretary Jennifer Arp Mr Shada was absent due to other athletic events going on this evening. |
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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:
DLR was here to thank the School and Board, for all the welcome and help with the new addition.
Michael Dwyer was also here to speak on welcoming the new board members, and to offer his support the new board members, he addressed that he wanted to make sure that we all work together as the board members and the community. Spoke to the board about the issues with Lincoln and the political side of things and to encourage the board to be over transparent on everything. Discuss the budget as soon as you can and do as much work as you can until you have to actually have to set the budget. |
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3. ANNUAL BUSINESS
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3.1. Administer Oath of Office to New Elected Members
Discussion:
New oath was administered to the new members:
Jason Arp Cassie Flesner Brian Laaker Board members all took the oath. |
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3.2. Election of Officers
Discussion:
Nominations for board officers:
President: Jason Arp Nominated Matt O'Daniel and Brian Laaker seconded it All Eye's no Nays Vice President: Cassie Flesner Nominated Chase Kratchovill All members in favor of Chase - No nays |
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3.3. Appointment of Board Committees
Discussion:
Negotiations: Chase, Matt and Cassie
Building and grounds : Jason Arp, Brian Laaker, Shanon Willmont (chair?) Finance : Chase, Jason Matt Curriculum and Civics: Shanon, Cassie and Brian (Shanon CHair) St Paul Liazon : Brian Laaker & Chase |
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3.4. Appoint KSB and PGH&G Law Firms as Official Legal Counsel to Board and Superintendent
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.5. Appoint First State Bank and Trust as Official Depository for All District Funds
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.6. Distribute Conflict of Interest Forms for Board Members
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3.7. Approve Arlington Citizen as Official Newspaper of the Board of Education
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.8. Appoint Superintendent as District Non-Discrimination Compliance Coordinator
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.9. Appoint Supt as Secretary and Business Manager as Recording Secretary to the Board of Education
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4. CONSENT AGENDA
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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4.2. Monthly Financial Reports
Discussion:
* There is a deposit that was made in Misc Revenue that was the payroll Taxes, this was a check cut from the General fund to make sure they were all coming from the General FUnd account when we thought Payroll was going to come from HL Sperately, these funds were automatically withdrawn to pay those taxes, so it was an in and out. This will not happen again, as the payroll for HL was kept in HL.
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4.3.
Resignations: Hires: Reassignments: |
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5. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
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5.1.
Discussion:
Mrs. Koger presented the business report
Mrs. Prenzlow, Mrs. Sanders, and Mrs. Stork were all present from the 4th grade. |
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6. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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6.1. Mr Shada's Activity Report
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6.2. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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6.3. Mrs. Morgan's Elementary Report
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7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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7.1. Review Supt Leave Log
Discussion:
Dr Lewis shared her leave log it has been updated to up to date through the end of December 2022.
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7.2. NRCSA and NASB Updates
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7.3. ↵Legislative Updates
Discussion:
Lots of new members in this year- there will be changes and many new faces, as there were many open seats, new faces and retirements.
LB 177- My Student, My funds bill- one to watch as it will have intent to use public funds and share with private schools. These funds would be more available to use for private schools than for public schools as the private school will be able to use the funding to purchase private tutors, uniforms and so on, as to where the public school would still have to follow all the regulations that are in place on how they are able to use funding. |
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8. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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8.1. Negotiations Committee
Discussion:
The negotiation committee has been meeting with AEA with ongoing negotiations,
Upcoming meeting will be on Jan 25th . |
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9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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9.1. Finalize Format/Plan for Community Engagement Meeting to Be Held January 30
Discussion:
A community engagement meeting is planned for Jan 30th-
Items that the public wants to hear about: Budget and Budgeting Student achievement/testing data- things going on in the building Growth and enrollment trends. The board wants to make this an informal meeting with engagement from the community. Would like to get feedback from the community at the end of the meeting, in order to be able to hit all the topics of discussion without getting stuck on one topic at the beginning and not being able to get through it all. Shanon suggested a survey to find out what the public would like to see and discuss at the meeting. Monday Jan 30th, 6:30pm in blue gym. Set up tables with microphone systems have small table discussions with admin and board members present at each table. Open mic will be then available for questions after small groups. |
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10. NEW BUSINESS
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10.1. Review Policies 6000-6290:
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10.2. Set Date and Location for Annual Board Retreat
Rationale:
Possible Date: February 1 (two days after the engagement meeting)
Discussion:
Board Retreat to be set on Feb 1st
start at 5:00pm, Country Club in Fremont- |
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10.3. Discuss and Consider Sale/Disposal of Surplus Kitchen Equipment
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Need action to declare the items as surplus to either take bids on them, or how to remove of them.
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10.4. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to Approve Work to Bring Fuel Tank to Compliance
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Board would like to table the bid for the bus barn at this time, would like to get other bids for the work on enclosing the fuel tank at the bus barn.
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10.5. Discuss and Consider and Alternate Date or Time for February Board Meeting
Discussion:
The February board meeting will fall on a night that might conflict with SUb District basketball games. Board is seeking on changing the date of the meeting instead of moving the time up, to accommodate the public and trying to enable them to be present at the meeting.
Move the meeting to Wed Feb 15th at 7:00 |
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11. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel adjourned the meeting at 8:05pm
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