August 10, 2015 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Discussion:
President Maahs called the meeting to order at 7:34 p.m.
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2. Open Meetings Act Posting
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3. Staff and Student Presentations
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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. Approval of minutes of previous meetings
Discussion:
Superintendent Hanger informed the Board that two corrections to the minutes had been made due to connectivity issues at the July Meeting. Guest were added to the minutes and it was noted that Board member Church volunteered to take President Maahs place on the transportation committee.
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4.2. Approval of Claims/Payment of Bills and Payroll
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4.3. Certificated/Classified Hire(s)/Reassignment(s)/Resignation(s)
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4.3.1. Presentation, discussion and or official action to accept James LaPointe’s voluntary resignation.
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4.4. Financial Report
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5. Public Comment
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6. Administrative Reports
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6.1. Superintendent Report
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6.2. High School Principal
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6.3. Elementary Principal
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7. Discussion Items- Committee Reports
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7.1. Community meeting dates
Discussion:
The Board reviewed dates for community meetings on September 28th at Bennet and October 5th at Palmyra. Meetings could start at 6:30 p.m. The format will include tours of the buildings and personnel from Clark Enersen and Ameritas will be invited. Doug asked if we can notify patrons of the meetings by mail. Mr. Hanger reported that he is working with legal counsel to answer that question. Board member Steward suggested a smaller mailing might be an option.
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7.2. Dogwood Street dedication/vacation
Discussion:
Mr. Hanger reported that the Bennet village has worked with the school to draft an agreement for the vacation/dedication of Dogwood street. The village Board was set to act on the agreement in their August meeting.
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8. Action Items
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8.1. Presentation, discussion and or official action to affirm Board of Education Goals for 2015-2016 as established in the July work session.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Hanger informed the Board of the work completed by the curriculum committee which included committee assignments for the review of like size schools graduation requirements, grading scales and community service as requested in the July Work Session. Susan asked why the goals of the Board had not changed since 2012. Superintendent Hanger revisited the development of the strategic plan, planning process and the goals and action plans developed as a result noting that their was originally five goals with the facility study being completed.
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8.2. Presentation, discussion and or official action to revise policy 802.02 Food Service prices for adult meals to reflect current reimbursement guidelines.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Hanger informed the Board that only adult/visitor lunch prices were impacted by guidance from NDE.
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9. Closed Session
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10. Board of Education Development
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10.1. Area Membership meeting at Nebraska October 7, 2015.
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10.2. NASB conference November 18-20 in LaVista.
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10.3. Review of Policy 202.1 Board Member Code of Ethics.
Discussion:
The Board of Education reviewed a portion of policy 202.01 and asked to continue the process in subsequent months.
Board member Steward asked to note on policy items in the future the date on which they were reviewed.
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10.4. Review of Policy 302.05 Superintendent Evaluation.
Discussion:
The Board of Education reviewed policy 302.05 and the associated timeline for evaluation. Board member Steward asked if the instrument had been changed recently and Board members provided historical information as to the adoption of the current process and evaluation tool.
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11. Topics for Next Month’s Agenda
Discussion:
Budget adoption and the agreement regarding the vacation/dedication of Dogwood street.
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12. Adjournment
Discussion:
The meeting was duly adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
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