March 9, 2020 at 8:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Declaration of Intend – Open Meetings Act
Discussion:
The regular March meeting of the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller School District Board of Education will be held on Monday, March 9th, 2020, at 8:00 P.M., in the School Library, 205 East 2nd Avenue, Sumner, NE 68878.
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2. Call to Order
Discussion:
Notice of the meeting was posted on March 05, 2020 in the Villages of Sumner, Eddyville and Miller and posted to the SEM Mustang school web site and over the school reach s notification system for the board meeting to be held on March 9th, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the published notice. All proceedings hereafter as shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public. This meeting conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 84, Article 14 posted in the School Library. School Board President Williams opened the meeting at 8:01 pm
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2.1. Pledge of Allegiance
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2.2. Roll Call of Members
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2.3. Approval of Agenda
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Executive Session was posted at 5:30pm on March 8th, 2020.
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3. Recognition of Visitors/Public Forum
Discussion:
Visitors: Brock Elsen, Lois McKenzie, Kris Shoemaker, Barb Ibach, John McArthur.
Brock Elsen - Spoke on the property tax bill, and asked the board to consider supporting the bill, and to contact appropriate people to support the bill. |
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4. Consent Agenda -Payroll & Bills
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Attachments:
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4.1. Approval of Minutes
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4.2. Approval of the Monthly bills, Claims and Payroll
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4.3. Approval of Treasurer’s Report and Budget Report.
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5. Administrative Report
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5.1. Principal's Report
Discussion:
Mr. Schmidt spoke about the bleacher and dates for that process. He also spoke about the math curriculum, and cell phone policy and handbook procedures.
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5.2. Superintendent's Report
Discussion:
Mr. Finkey discussed the safety audit. He also spoke about the property tax bill LB1174. Year 4 is the year that is unknown. Due to the census shift, there will be 2 more urban senators and 2 less rural senators. Finally, Mr. Finkey spoke about the Corona virus.
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6. Business Items
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6.1. Approval of 2020-2021 School Calendar
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Board discussion about the Graduation date being on Saturday, May 8th or Sunday, May 9th.
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6.2. Consideration of the Principal's Contract
Rationale:
Executive Summary:
Mr. Schmidt is a tenured Principal with eight years of experience at SEM. It is my recommendation that the district offers Mr. Schmidt a 3% increase. Justification for recommendation:
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Finkey spoke about Mr. Schmidt's contact days, and that he has earned a specialist degree. Mr. Finkey did a salary comparison with FKC and with the same array as the certified staff. Mr. Finkey recommended a 3% raise on Mr. Schmidt's salary.
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. Discussion/Review of 500 Series Policies.
Rationale:
-Executive Summary:
I recommend that the board of education after review of the 500 series, mark all 500 series policies as Reviewed, with no changes, except:
I did not include the 500 series as an attachment due to the size the attachment would need to be. It can be found, however, on our spark site. to access the policies please:
Discussion:
Mr. Finkey spoke about the 500 series of Board Policy. His recommendations are:
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8. Executive Session
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9. Adjourn
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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