April 8, 2024 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:
Chase Kratochvil called the meeting to order at 7:00
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1.2. Roll Call
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.4. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
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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:
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
Discussion:
Nichole Kern was at the meeting to present the Science Report to the board
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5. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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5.1. Dr. 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. NASB and NRCSA Updates
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6.2. Legislative Update
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6.3. Video Board Update
Discussion:
$96,500.00 has been received and deposited as of 3/28/2024
$2,500 received on 4/8/24 * 5 Sponsors have committed, but have yet to pay installment or full payment as of 4/1/2024 |
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7. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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7.1. Negotiations Committee
Discussion:
A negotiation committee met in March for classified staff negotiations. A consistent array was used and held for all groups that salary and wages were considered.
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8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Administrator and Director Contracts for 2024-2025:
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Chase spoke on behalf of the negotiations' committee on the Administration contracts - the board received a full array of all the schools used, to compare. The same array of schools was used to negotiate wages this year. The committee felt like they had a better representation of salaries from the array than in the past, and they felt that the board was meeting or at the mid-point for all wages compared to the array. The board is moving in the right direction in meeting its goal of keeping and maintaining at the mid-point of the array for all salaries.
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9.2. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Addendum to Superintendent Contract for 2024-2025
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Chase discussed the superintendent contract for Dr Lewis. The same array was used to compare wages.
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9.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Form Ad Hoc Committee to Research and Develop Policy Regarding Adding Activity Cooperative Agreements with other Districts
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The board would like to add a committee to work on research and development for co-op agreements, to help understand the ins and outs of co-ops with other school districts.
The major deciding factors for co-oping are facilities, costs and student membership, Mr. Shada discussed what it would look like to have this committee. The goal of the committee would be to determine what the goal is for each specific co-op and whether a policy will need to be created and take a look at what is the best fit going forward for Arlington and co-oping with sports. Chase Kratochvill was nominated Cassie Flesner volunteered Matt O'Daniel volunteered |
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9.4. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Non-Certificated Staff Wage and Salary Increases for 2024-2025 as Presented
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The negotiation committee again used the same array of schools and wages to determine raises for the 2024-2025 school year. Wages were mirrored with the certificated and administration negotiations, there were a couple different shift differentials added due to duties they are being asked of some of the staff.
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9.5. Discuss, Consider, and Approve Resolution to Cancel 2023-2024 Contract of Mrs. Teresa Van Beek for Failure to Request a Hearing
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
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9.6. Discuss and Consider 2400 Series Policies:
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Chase Kratochvil adjourned the meeting at 8:07pm
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