August 14, 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: 01
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1.2. Roll Call
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Board approved to excuse the absence of Shanon Wilmott for tonights meeting.
Jason Arp: Present, Cassie Flesner: Present, Chase Kratochvil: Present, Brian Laaker: Present, Matt O'Daniel: Present, Shanon Wilmott: Absent Dawn Lewis, Superintendent Jacque Morgan, Elem Principal, Aaron Pfingsten HS Principal, James SHada, Athletic Director and Jennifer Arp- recording secretary all presesnt as well. |
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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. |
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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: Brittney Bost, Elementary Para Reassignments: |
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4. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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4.1. Mrs. Morgan's Elementary Report
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4.2. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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4.3. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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5. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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5.1. Review Rule 10 External Safety Visit/Inspection Report
Discussion:
Rule 10 safety audit- audit was conducted with few things to address this year. Dr. Lewis discussed the items that will need to be addressed, but all in all there are a few things that need to be worked on and we will continue to work on them this year.
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5.2. Enrollment Report
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis went over the enrollment numbers for the 23-24 year- the numbers seem to be trending up again as to where we were before Covid.
Option enrollment is staying pretty consistent and our option figures are relatively close to years past. |
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5.3. NASB and NRCSA updates
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6. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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6.1. Finance Committee
Discussion:
Met in July to discuss budget items.
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6.2. Buildings and Grounds Committee
Discussion:
Buildings and Grounds met in August- and toured the school. Items were discussed that will need to be addressed coming up, and some new regulations that will need to be updated.
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7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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8. NEW BUSINESS
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8.1. Discuss and Consider Revision to Policy No. 5205-Graduation
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The requirement added to the legal policy that we approved in June/July did not require the hours our existing policy did. We will need to revise the policy to include the financial literacy statement, but retain our previously existing graduation requirements. This should only require one reading, but will require an affirmative vote of the board of education.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.2. Discuss Consider, and Take Necessary Action to Adopt Amended Policy 5006-Resolution & Appendix 1
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This was inadvertently left off the legal policy updates in June/July
The date to approve the resolution and set capacities for the coming year is now October 15. It has been March 15 in the past.
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This was inadvertently left off the legal policy updates in June/July
The date to approve the resolution and set capacities for the coming year is now October 15. It has been March 15 in the past. |
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8.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve the 2023-2024 Coaches/Sponsors Handbook
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Matt, Dawn and Mr Shada met with the Booster club to talk about wording changes that needed to be changed in the handbook. The Booster Club felt that the wording was unclear in the handbook.
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8.4. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Authorize Purchase of 12-Passenger Van TBD with Price Not to Exceed $55,000
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis discussed the process for buying a van for the school- it is more difficult to buy a van at this time, due to the lack of vans available and being made. Not many dealerships carry or have on hand 12 passenger vans, many times need to be ordered and could be out more than a year to purchase a van.
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8.5. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Substitute Certificated Teacher Pay for 2023-2024
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Our Conference ranges from $150 per day to $170 per day. We are currently at $165 per day which is high middle of the average ($157), which increases to $180 for long term after the 9th day. Some schools are higher on long-term, i.e. $200 per day, or even 1/186th of the base. I recommend we go up on long-term sub rates.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.6. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Contract for Occupational Therapy Related Services as Presented for the 2023-2024 Year
Rationale:
Last year, this professional worked as our OT through an interlocal agreement with Blair Community Schools. She is no longer with Blair, so the contract is with a new entity, but is the same OT from our last two years.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.7. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to Discontinue Accreditation Process with Cognia and Transition to Nebraska Continuous School Improvement Frameworks for Accreditation
Rationale:
We discussed this in June. Very few districts are still using this Cognia process, many have transitioned to Frameworks. The process is streamlined, efficient, and more flexible with fewer continually changing platforms.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.8. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Adjust Adult Breakfast and Lunch Prices as Required by the State and Federal Hot Lunch Program ($2.75 Breakfast, $4.60 Lunch)
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.9. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Arbor Family Counseling Contract for 2023-2024
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel adjourned the meeting at 8:01pm
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