January 10, 2022 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Declaration of Intend – Open Meetings Act
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The regular January meeting of the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller School District Board of Education will be held on Monday, January 10th, 2022, at 6:30 P.M., in the School Library, 205 East 2nd Avenue, Sumner, NE 68878.
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2. Call to Order
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Notice of the meeting was posted on January 02, 2022 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 January 10, 2022 at 6:30 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 was conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 84, Article 14 posted in the School Library. President Matt Hothem opened the board meeting at 6:30pm.
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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. Oath of Office -- Administered by Mr. Finkey
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2.3.1. Signatures for the 2022 Confidentiality Agreement, and review of the Board Code of Ethics.
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2.4. Election of Board Leadership
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2.4.1. Motion to Adjourn Sine Die for purposes of electing board officers for the 2022 calendar year.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.4.2. Motion to conduct the election of officers by secret ballot.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.4.3. Election of Board President for 2022
Discussion:
Matt Hothem was nominated by Dirk Triplett, and Chris Reiter was nominated by Jennifer Anderson.
Chris Reiter was voted in as President with a 4-2 vote. |
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2.4.4. Election of Board Vice President for 2022
Discussion:
Chris Reiter nominated Jennifer Anderson
Matt Hothem nominated Dirk Triplett Vote was 3-3, then 3-3 again, then 4-2 with Mrs. Anderson being elected Vice President |
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2.4.5. Election of the Board Secretary/Treasurer for 2022
Discussion:
Jennifer Anderson nominated Jana Hoos
Mrs. Hoos was elected 6-0 |
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2.4.6. Determination of Sub-Committee teams for the 2022 year.
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2.4.7. approval of Kris Shoemaker as the Board's Appointed Treasurer
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.4.8. Approval of William Schmidt as the Board Meeting Secretary
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.4.9. Appointment of Mr. Finkey as the district's Non-discrimination Compliance Coordinator.
Rationale:
Executive Summary:
Every school district is required to have a Non-discrimination Compliance Coordinator. This duty is considered as part of the Superintendent's Job Description. The board does need to take action to identify the superintendent as the district's responsible coordinator. This process needs to happen during a board meeting, so the minutes show the board was compliant with assigning this position.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.5. Approval of Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2.6. Recognition of the December Student of the Month
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2.7. Recognition of Public Wishing to Address the Board
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3. Consent Agenda
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3.1. Approval of Minutes
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3.2. Approval of the Monthly bills, Claims and Payroll
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3.3. Approval of Treasurer’s Report and Budget Report.
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4. District Reports
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4.1. Teacher/Staff Report
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4.2. Principal's Report
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4.3. Superintendent's Report
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Executive Summary:
The two board updates comprise most of the Superintendents' report.
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4.4. Executive Finacial Report
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Monthly reports to the board for financial information and accountability.
Policy 3001 states in part, "At each monthly board meeting, the superintendent will provide a report on the current status of the major sections of the budget." Superintendent Goal: Continue attending school development events to ensure the district is keeping current with school finances, labor laws, and legislation.
3.2 Continue to update the board via monthly Superintendent reports, and include updates mid-month. Continue attending school development events to ensure the district is keeping current with school finances, labor laws, and legislation.
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5. Board of Education Subcommittee Report(s)
Discussion:
Mrs. Anderson spoke about negotiations. There have been 3 meetings with SEMEA. The Negotiation committee has offered to cover the insurance increase, and just received a counter offer this evening.
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6. Business Items
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6.1. Board Resolution on Option Enrollment and Cap numbers
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6.2. Approval of the 5000 Series Policies
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6.3. 6000 Series Policies
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The 6000 Series policies are the final policies to be formally adopted.
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. Discussion of Board Goals, Superintendent Goals, and how there are two separate sets of goals.
Discussion:
Mr. Finkey handed out information from his evaluation and asked for feedback. He also made a recommendation on the goals of the Superintendent.
There was a brief discussion on when there should be a board retreat to discuss the goal process. |
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8. Board of Education Professional Development Opportunities
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8.1. NASB Events
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January 18, 2022 -- 4:00 ZOOM meeting for NASB members. No other information is available as of 1/6/22
January 30 & 31 -- Legislative Issues Conference. |
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8.2. Board of Education Sub Committee Meeting Calendar
Rationale:
Executive Summary:
From my evaluation, I should be setting up board committee meetings. Due to various work schedules, it is difficult to plan ahead of a date and time that will work for everyone who will be involved. Therefore, I suggest that we establish standing board subcommittee meetings each month, prior to the evening board meeting ninety minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Rationale: As board members and administration, we have already set aside the date of the board meeting, and in most cases should be able to participate in committee meetings. I anticipate that there will be times when members can not make the start, but for the most part, we will all have the evening open. By allowing for ninety minutes prior to the start of the meeting, you can provide one of two things:
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9. Adjourn
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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