June 10, 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 7:00pm
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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. |
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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. REVIEW OF ANNUAL DISTRICT PLAN
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis reviewed the board's annual plan- going over all the updated all that has been accomplished since the last review.
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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. Review Supt Leave Log 2023-2024
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6.2. July Board Meeting Reminder
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6.3. NRCSA and NASB Updates
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7. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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7.1. Buildings and Grounds Committee
Discussion:
Buildings and grounds meet on 6/10/24 just before the board meeting. Discussed the booster club and how to keep their advertising visible at all times during all sports events. Discussed putting smaller banners up with Booster sponsors somewhere other than in gym. The reasoning is that the sponsors that donate to the booster club are different sponsors than those that donated to the scoreboards, so those that choose to donate to boosters need to be visible at all times, as that is what is the agreement is for the sponsorship.
The fear is that booster donors might drop, and our athletic teams may suffer loss of funds from the donations. Compromise will be to make sure that Board works with the Booster club to come up with a solution and what it looks like to keep the advertising visible in a good location. DLR is working on coming up with what things will look like for the next steps for any additions or renovations for the school, such as AG rooms, welding and wood shop facility renovations, and wrestling room. DLR wants to work with the board to come up with possibilities for what will be next. It is in the primary steps of just looking at needs assesing. |
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7.2. Activities Coop Ad Hoc
Discussion:
This committee will meet later this week and will have priliminary policy to present and go over data from other school districts.
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8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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8.1. Discuss and Consider Policy Updates as Required by Legislation on Second Reading
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
2nd Reading of policies
Dr. Lewis went over the purchasing policy and updated them to read to what our board policy is currently. |
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to Approve Early Graduation Application
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Pfingsten went over the policy for early graduation. We have a student who is asking to graduate at mid term in the 2024-2025 school year. Student will have met all the requirements for early graduation at mid term.
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9.2. Approve Audit Engagement Letter with Shaw Hull Navarrette CPA for the 2023-2024 fiscal year audit
Rationale:
At the time of publication, this letter was not yet available. We may table this until July.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Accept Resignations and Release the Following Teachers from 2024-2025 Contract:
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Board discussed the policies and what affect it will have on the school. The board feels that opportunities do come late and hope that we can find suitable applicants to fill the positions, but they would like to make sure we are not making it easy or an option to be released from signed contracts. The board also argued that they did not want staff being made to stay in a contract that they do not want to be in anymore, as they don't want to have teachers working that don't want to be here.
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9.4. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Release Staff from Two (2) 2023-2024 Contract Days due to Inclement Weather
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The final week of school we were unable to hold classes due to flash flooding and power outage due to wind/tornado activity
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis went over the last week of school and that while there was no way to make up the two missed days in the last week of school due to inclement weather and power outage. So the contract year will only be 184 days and not 186 as noted in the contracts.
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9.5. Discuss, Consider and Adopt Board Resolution to Approve Staff Trainings for 2024-2025 as Required by LB1329
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
LB1329 says that you no longer have to track 10 hours of professional development that the board just has to approve and determine what is the appropriate amount of time for professional development, staff training .
Must still be compliant with Rule 10 and state statues. |
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9.6. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Rescind Policy 6310 - Textbook Loan due to Updated Nebraska Department of Education Regulations
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
School district is no longer involved in the textbook loan program as the state took over the program and the school is no longer need to be the middle man as it is not needed.
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Meeting adjourned at 8:11pm by Chase Kratochvil.
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