May 8, 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: Present, Cassie Flesner: Present: Chase Kratochvil: Present, Brian Laaker: Present, Matt O'Daniel, Present: Shanon Willmott, Present:
Dr Dawn Lewis, Aaron Pfingsten, James Shada, Jacque Morgan and recording Secretary Jennifer Arp, were also Present. |
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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:
Mike Dwyer- spoke to the board about the Legislature's update on some of the educational bills and budget bill. He encouraged the board to continually take a look at what is going on with the bills and what is being passed in these last months of the session.
Warren Scheer - spoke on behalf of the bus drivers as well, on wages and how the wages are budgeted. Wanted the board to look at the wages from the budgeted prospective- Karen Tobben Here on behalf of the bus drivers- discussion of wages, addition of longevity to the activity pay. Drivers were discouraged about no notification about the longevity on the activity wages. Karen asked if her and another driver could meet with the negotiation committee and was told that the negotiations committee do not meet with individual groups. Carie Sapp To speak on behalf the bus drivers, discussed the amount of wages, they are fine with the route pay, but wanted more pay for activity. Tom Brown - Spoke on behalf of the bus drivers as well, and wanted to show his support to the other drivers with the activity pay, he spoke to how loyal and hard working the drivers are for Arlington. He added his perspective on the trucking business and the bus barn, and how he has known the drivers for a long time, there has only been about 4 to 5 drivers that had stayed with Arlington for a number of years. Arlington has a lot of longevity with our drivers and he would like the board to acknowledge that. Warren Sheer spoke at the end of the open time, and stated that the drivers will finish out this year as normal, but if they do not get the activity wages that they are petitioning for, they will not drive activities next year, they will only drive their daily routes. |
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3. CONSENT AGENDA
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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.
Resignations: Hires:
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
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5. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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5.1. Mrs. Morgan's Elementary Report
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5.2. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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5.3. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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6. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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6.1. Legislative Report
Discussion:
Dr Lewis spoke to the board about some of the legislative updates. The conceal and carry law will still not allow weapons on school premises and inside the building.
Christmas tree bill- 20 bills have been amended to LB 705- a lot of the bills were combined into this bill- so there are a lot of things added and removed in this bill. |
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6.2. NASB and NRCSA Monthly Reports Attached
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6.3. Discuss Participation in Alpaca for APS
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7. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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7.1. Buildings and Grounds Committee
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will meet at later date.
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7.2. Finance Committee
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Met last week to go over district budgets.
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7.3. Professional Development Sharing
Discussion:
Chase, Matt and Dr Lewis will be attending a leadership conference next month.
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7.4. St. Paul's Liaison Committe
Discussion:
Non public consult will need to be done
Committee is Chase, Brian, Dawn, Pat and representitive from St Paul. |
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8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Discuss and Consider Policy 6930 and Appendices--Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response on First Reading
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis discussed the policy, she said this is becoming more common, like having an epi pen on hand. This policy will guide us in the event we have an incident and need to administer it.
Our SRO already has access to the Narcan, and this would give our on-site nurse the resources to use the product should she need to if the SRO officer was not available or on site. |
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9.2. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve 23-24 District Level Budgets for Curriculum/Assessment, Technology, and Facilities/Maintenance
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Question was asked, if we don't spend something in our budget for a year, where does that money go? Dr Lewis explained you can only spend what you actually budget for, but it carries over to the next year in carry over and will help keep the tax asking down.
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9.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Diplomas for Members of the Class of 2023 Completing All Graduation Requirements
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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10. EXECUTIVE SESSION
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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 meeting at 8:23 pm
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