May 17, 2018 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:       President Gould called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM and the Pledge of Allegiance was said.

Discussion:       All members were present.

Discussion:       President Gould reminded the audience that the Open Meeting Laws are displayed in the back of the room for their review.

Discussion:       Motion by Black, second by Breitkreutz to approve the consent agenda as presented, regular meeting minutes of April 11, 2018, Financial Statement and monthly bills as presented.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        A Retirement Plaque was presented to Georgia Johnson.  Dave Schnell and Delores Smith were not present.

Discussion:  Submitted by Kolin Haecker, 6-12 Principal/Curriculum Director
      Graduation is Saturday, May 12 at 2:00 PM. Valedictorian is Ellen Dexter and the Salutatorian is Madison Stover. The seniors last day was May 8. Graduation practice is Friday, May 11. Staff will fix a breakfast for the seniors after practice on Friday.
      Peyton Taylor will be the Student Body President and the student representative on the board during the 2018-19 school year.
      Banquet season is coming to an end. We have many talented individuals in our building and in our community. Following are a few awards that were earned by our students.
      Fine Arts Banquet: Raymond Central Fine Arts Student of the Year-Brandon Unverferth, Lifetime Achievement in the Fine Arts-Ellen Dexter.
      Art: National Art Honor Society new members-Raine Rittscher, Claire Wilson, and Alexis Jeffres.
      Band Awards: John Phillip Sousa-Ellen Dexter & Brandon Unverferth; Outstanding Band Member-Brigit Shultz; Jazz Band Member of the Year-Maiya Miller; Louis Armstrong Jazz Award-Matthew Jackson.
      Choir Awards: Outstanding Choir Member-Felicity Ramsey; Outstanding Male Vocalist-Joe Coulter; Outstanding Female Vocalist-Cheyenne Helbert.
      Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actor-Brandon Unverferth; Best Actor-Matthew Jackson; Best Supporting Actress-Brigit Shultz; Best Actress-Ellen Dexter; Outstanding Ensemble Member-Ella Kehr and Ethan Ang; Outstanding Tech-Claire Hornung and Amanda Diaz.
      Mock Trial: MVP-Suzanne Karpov. Speech: Central Player of the Year-Matthew Jackson; Top Novice-Calleigh Osmera.
      The Athletic Banquet will be held Tuesday, May 15, at 6:30 PM in the High School Commons.
      FFA officers for next year: President-Allissa Turnwall, Vice President-Leah Bos, Secretary-Ellissa Fredrickson, Treasurer-Rachael Lange, Reporter-Kody Swartz, Sentinel-Hunter Kohl. Parliamentarian-Jack Nelson, Historian-Mary Andelt.
      FBLA officers for next year: President-Amanda Gyra, Vice President-Kelbie Schnieder, Secretary-Megan Lange, Treasurer-Peyton Taylor, Reporter-Connor Nicholls, Historian-Haley Hain, Public Relations-Lexi Dubas, Recruiter/Mentor-Trevor Oldfield and Morgan Potter, Freshmen Class Rep-Jaci Bryce.
      District Music Contest Results-Instrumental: Jazz Band-Superior, Concert Band-Superior. Soloists-Superior: Brandon Unverferth-Tuba, Brigit Shultz-Clarinet, Matthew Jackson-Flugelhorn. Congratulations to Mr. Luke and all the band members.
      Vocal: Concert Choir-Superior, Cristina Becher solo-Superior. Congratulations to Mr. Strouf and all the choir members.
      Finals are scheduled for Friday, May 18 through Tuesday, May 22. Hard to believe the year is almost over. Thanks to all the teachers and students who have worked so hard this year.
Submitted by Greg Wilmes, Activities Director/Assistant Principal
      2018 FBLA State Conference Results-Top Eight: Connor Nichols-1st-Coding and Programming (National Qualifier), 1st-Intro to FBLA (National Qualifier), 1st-Intro to Information Technology (National Qualifier), Kelbie Schnieder-4th-Sales Presentation, Tucker Randall & Kelbie Schnieder-4th-American Enterprise Project, Ellen Dexter-6th-Future Business Leader, Hailey Hula & Cicely Pickel-6th-Community Service Project, Madison Parde & Logan Parde-7th-Website Design, Rachel Potter-7th-ML Career Exploration, Madison Stover-8th-Future Business Leader. Honorable Mention (next 4%): Amanda Gyhra-Accounting I, Kelbie Schnieder-Advertising, Lauren Prososki-Intro to Information Technology, Megan Lange, Sydnie Blanchard, & Lexi Dubas-Intro to Multimedia Presentation, Ellen Dexter-Job Interview (semi-finalist), Madison Stover-Job Interview (semi-finalist). Recognition: Hailey Hula-$500 FBLA Scholarship, Leader Award-Nicholas Ohle, Kelbie Schnieder & Peyton Taylor, Who’s Who in FBLA-Madison Stover, Quality Member Award-Amanda Gyhra, Cicely Pickel, Kelbie Schnieder, and Madison Stover-Chapter Gold Seal Award, Chapter Sweepstakes Award.
      The Inaugural Jr High Speech Team competed in their first ever speech tournament on Friday, April 6. We had 13 kids competing. Informative: Cassie Osmera-1st, Olivia Nelson-10th. Extemporaneous:
Eleanah Enevoldsen-6th, Impromptu: Olivia Nelson-10th, Persuasive: Eleanah Enevoldsen-4th. Team Sweepstakes-9th.
      Here is a summary of our recognition for FFA State Convention Superior National Chapter Rating (Top 18 in the State). Top 10 for I Believe in the Future of Ag Donations: Kale Strizek-State Champion Sheep Production Proficiency, Makenzi Isaac-State Runner-up Food Science Proficiency, Miranda Hornung-Gold Senior Public Speaking, Rachael Lange-State Runner-up Extemp Speaking. Senior Parliamentary Procedure Silver Rating-Miranda Hornung, Hailey Hula, Rachael Lange, Taylor Nelson, Holly Komenda, Kale Strizek. Vet Science 5th Place Team-Tucker Randall, Isaac White, Rachael Lange, Allissa Turnwall. Welding 3rd Place Team-Ethan Anderson (10th in Arc), Josh Palensky (8th in O/A), Emmett Hughes (6th in MIG). Livestock Management-5th Place in Poultry Section-Taylor Nelson, Duke Nelson, Kale Strizek, Hailey Hula, Rachael Lange. Ag Sales-Miranda Hornung 7th place. State Degree Recipients-Miranda Hornung, Hailey Hula, Tucker Randall, Makenzi Isaac, Kale Strizek, Taylor Nelson, Duke Nelson, Emmett Hughes. Miranda Hornung-State Star Finalists in Ag Placement Miranda Hornung-State Officer Candidate Finalist. Casey Carriker-Farm Bureau FFA/Ag Teacher of the Year.
      Results of the JH quad track meet @ Malcolm on 4/12: Maddie Peterson 1st in discus, 2nd in shot;
Makenna Gehle-1st in long jump; Rachel Potter-2nd in triple jump; Kiley Elkins-1st in high jump, 1st in 100 hurdles, 1st in 200 hurdles; Sierra Springer-1st 100 meter dash, 1st 200 meter dash; Josie Lahm-1st in 1600 meter run, 1st in 4x100 meter relay; Nelle Serrano-4th in 800 meter run; Liz Potter-3rd in shot. Boys:
Conner Kreikemeier-1st in long jump and set new Jr High school record-he jumped 18'8 inches, 1st in 100 meter dash, 1st in 200 meter dash; Josh Masek-1st in discus and shot; Noah Thornburg-3rd in shot; Travis Nelson-2nd in long jump, 3rd in 100 meter dash, 2nd in 200 meter dash; Andrew Otto-2nd in triple jump, 3rd in high jump; Logan Bryce 4th 100 meter dash, Boys 400X800 relay team-1st. Bryce McKay-1st in 100 hurdles, 2nd in 200 meter hurdles; Seth Pavey-2nd in 100 hurdles, 1st in 200 meter hurdles; Austin Anderson-1st in 1600 meter run, 2nd in 800 meter run; Wyatt Svoboda-2nd in 1600 meter run, 3rd in 800 meter run; Boys-1st in 4x100 meter relay and 2nd in 4x400.
      Jr High track results from Fort Calhoun Invite (basically our conference invite as all our conference schools are there): Boys-8th, 1st in long jump, 1st & 2nd in 100 m dash, 1st & 2nd in 200 m dash, 1st-4X100 relay, 1st 4X200 relay, 1st in 1200 m run, 3rd in 800 m run, 1st 110 hurdles. Girls-8th, 2nd-200 m dash 1st 4X100, 1st 4X200 m relay, 2nd in discus-new Jr high school record set 2nd in 400 m dash, 4th in 100 m dash, 2nd 100 m hurdles, 3rd high jump, 1st long jump 3rd long jump. 7th boys: 1st 800 m run, 1st 1200 m run, 3rd 4x200 relay. 7th girls: 1st 1200 m run.
Choir earned all 1’s and a superior rating at the district music contest in Milford on April 19. Honorable mention honors went to Christina Becher. Jazz and Concert Band both earned superior ratings. Outstanding performance went to Brigit Shultz. Other soloists receiving superiors were Brandon Unverferth (tuba), and Matthew Jackson (flugelhorn). The following soloists received "excellent" ratings at the contest: Cheyenne Helbert (vocal), Illiana Maxwell (vocal), Matthew Jackson (trumpet), Ellen Dexter (trombone), Maiya Miller (alto saxphone), Calleigh Osmera (clarinet), and Brigit Shultz (bass clarinet). Rylee Polivka, Kelsey Hudson, Calleigh Osmera, and Grace Mueller received an "excellent" rating for their quartet, and Calleigh and Grace received an "excellent" for their duet.
      Conference art results: 1st Place: Cicely Pickel-Outstanding Art Student Award, Nervous Graphite Portrait, Confused People Painting, Melting Face and Hands Oil Paintings; Raine Rittscher-Night-Time Fears Gouache Painting; Thori Nelson-Desert Dusk Batik, Play Your Cards Photographs; Felicity Ramsey-Self Portrait Color Pencil Drawing, CRAchemist Batik; Claire Wilson-Self Portrait Graphite Drawing; Megan Lange-Portrait Graphite Drawing. 2nd Place: Ellen Dexter-Dex 2 Acrylic Painting; Raine Rittscher-Sunkmanito Tanka Acrylic Painting; Thori Nelson-Montage of Sunflowers; Felicity Ramsey-Celebracion! Of the Dead Color Drawing; Alexis Jeffres-An Older Time Photograph; Claire Wilson-Reflection Color Pencil Drawing, Ocean View Batik; Megan Lange-Venice Perspective Graphite Drawing; Grace Mueller-Futuristic Perspective Graphite Drawing Jaron Polivka, 9, Portrait in Graphite.  3rd Place: Makenzi Isaac-Dirt Road Photograph, Simple Contrast Photograph, Stitched Together Photograph; Raine Rittscher-Life From Death Color Pencil Drawing; Felicity Ramsey-Never Broken Watercolor, Day of the Dead Acrylic Painting; Alexis Jeffres-Self Portrait Color Pencil Drawing, A Time To Remember Photograph; Chandler Buch-Portrait in Graphite; Megan Lange-Still Life on Black, Symmetrical Perspective Drawing.
      Trap Team All-Conference honors: All Conference Jr Male Third Team-Tucker Maxson; Central Division Junior Male First Team-Mason Gerdes; Central Division Sr Male First Team-Jett Burklund.
      Some of the results/highlights from the David City JH track quad: Boys-1st in long jump 1st in triple jump, 1st in 100, 200 m dash 1st 4X200 relay, 1st in 1600, 1st in 800 1st in discus 1st in shot. There were many 2nd and 3rd places. Girls-1st in discus, 1st in triple jump 1st high jump, 1st 4X200 m relay 1st 100 low hurdles 1st 100 m dash, 1st 200 m dash 1st 400 m dash 1st 4X100 m relay. There were many 2nd and 3rd places.
      Results from JH invite at RC on April 30: Girls-1st 100 m dash 1st 4x100 m relay 6th 1600 m run,
2nd 200 m dash 5th 200 m dash, 2nd 200 hurdles 2nd 100 m hurdles 4th 400 m dash, 3rd long jump 2nd discus 2nd triple jump. Boys: 3rd 4x100 m relay, 1st and 3rd 1600 m run 2nd 200 m dash, 4th 400 m dash, 2nd and 3rd 800 m run 1st 100 m dash, 4th triple jump 2nd 110 hurdles, 1st and 2nd shot put 1st discus, 3rd 3200 m relay, 2nd and 3rd long jump.
      Austin Anderson broke the 1600 meter record by 8 seconds. Austin ran the 1600 meter run in 5:13.90. The girls 4x100 relay team broke the record set in 1986 (55.65). The team of Rachel Potter, Kiley Elkins, Makenna Gehle and Sierra Spring ran it in 55.63.
      Fine Arts Banquet was May 2nd with many different awards given out for numerous activity groups. A couple distinguished awards went to Student of the Year: Brandon Unverferth, and Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Dexter.
      NCPA academic all-state winners for the spring season include: Track - Amanda Gyhra, Matt Jackson, Maiya Miller; Band - Brandon Unverferth; Choir - Cheyenne Helbert.
      Baseball finished up their season with a loss to Wayne and a victory over Central City/Fullerton at the Seward invite. Regular season losses to Wahoo/BN/LL and Hastings finished out their regular season. In district play, the boys lost in the first round at Wahoo to Falls City.
      All-conference baseball selections from Branched Oak include Beau Sackett on the 2nd team and Mikey McCoy on the honorable mention squad. Thanks to the coaches, players, parents, and members from both RC and Malcolm for making this co-op a successful first year!
      Track has continued their busy season with the conference meet at Fort Calhoun on April 28th and our home invite which was postponed to Friday May 4th. Some results from conference include Rylee Haecker finishing 1st in the 800 and 2nd in the 1600, Lauren Prososki 3rd in the shot put, Chase Hall 5th in the 400, Matt Jackson 5th in the 800, Dylan Schweitzer 4th in the 110m hurdles, boys 4x100 3rd place, boys 4x800 5th place, Chase Hall 3rd in the high jump and Christian Schweitzer 4th in the shot put. Districts will be Thursday, May 10 at Fairbury with state Friday and Saturday, May 18-19 in Omaha.
      A big thanks to many teachers and staff members who helped time, run field events, scoring/announcing and other duties for the three meets we hosted this year!
      Students nominated for the Lincoln Journal Star Academic All-state must be juniors and seniors and have a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or better. The following were nominated from RC: FB-Easton Albrecht, WR-Easton Albrecht, WR-Colton Arias, SB-Kayli Bordovsky, VB-Leah Bos, FB-Jett Burklund, SB-Erica Carlson, GTF-Ellen Dexter, VB-Elissa Fredrickson, GTF-Amanda Gyhra, SB-Amanda Gyhra, GBB-Amber Heyen, VB-Amber Heyen, GBB-Ashley Heyen, VB-Makenzi Isaac, BTF-Matthew Jackson, BXC-Matthew Jackson, GTF-Maiya Miller, VB-Maiya Miller, GBB-Mine Nacke, GXC-Mine Nacke, FB-Duke Nelson, SB-Nicole Nelson, BBB-Trevor Oldfield, BTF-Trevor Oldfield, FB-Trevor Oldfield, BBB-Joshua Palensky, BTF-Joshua Palensky, FB-Joshua Palensky, GTF-Madison Parde, GBB-Cicely Pickel, SB-Cicely Pickel, BTF-Elijah Pickel, BTF-Zane Pickel, GTF-Morgan Potter, SB-Morgan Potter, FB-Tucker Randall, VB-Kelbie Schnieder, FB-Nick Springer, WR-Nick Springer, GBB-Madison Stover, VB-Madison Stover, SB-Kara Swartz, FB-Kody Swartz, WR-Kody Swartz, SB-Peyton Taylor, BBB-Dylan Thornburg, FB-Dylan Thornburg, BTF-Brandon Unverferth, BXC-Brandon Unverferth.
      The athletic winter/spring sports banquet will take place in the commons on Tuesday, May 15 with a meal at 6:00 PM provided by the Athletic Booster Club and then awards to be presented around 6:30 PM.
Submitted by Shelly Dostal, Elementary Principal at Valparaiso/K-6 Curriculum Director
        Assessment - State Testing (NSCAS) for English Language Arts (Grades 3-8), Math (grades 3-8), and Science (grades 5 & 8) has been completed. In addition, paper/pencil tests have been returned and alternate assessments processed. Results will not be released to districts until the fall. NDE plans to work this summer on various aspects of the testing. Some RC teachers will be involved with this process. School reports for achievement testing (NWEA MAP) will be submitted at the end of the school year.
        Assessment -DIBELS end of year testing (K-5) will be completed by May 11. Teachers will review data and make instructional decisions for next year based on the data.
        Professional Learning - The last early out of the year was on May 3. Staff used the time to complete a Multiple Intelligence Survey for learning purposes in the fall. They also spent time completing and finalizing curriculum validation and instructional maps for their subject areas.
        Planning for 2018-2019 -Visitation Day for prospective kindergarteners was held on Friday, April 20. Fifth graders spent the afternoon of April 25 at the High School. This transition time will assist students as they look forward to the next school year. Mr. Haecker, Mrs. Osten, and 6^th grade teachers Mrs. Abby Spangler and Mr. Adison Kenning facilitated the orientation session for fifth graders from both buildings. We will have a "moving up" time on May 21 at the Valparaiso site when all K-4 students visit the next grade’s classroom.
        PTO - We are thankful for the diligent efforts throughout the year by the PTO to support our students and staff. PTO hosted an awesome family carnival night on April 13. Thank you especially to Krista Zobel and the numerous volunteers. Thank you to the parents for all the treats to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week. PTO is selling KFOR Summer Fun Punch Tickets until the end of the school year. The PTO retains all proceeds from these $5 tickets. The PTO elected officers will remain the same for the 2018-19 school year. Officers include: President - Jennifer Schultz; Vice President - Maureen Brase-Houchin; Treasurer - Marcene Sklenar; Secretary - Laura Tvrdy.
        The Title I picnic will be held on May 8 for all families of students who participate in Title I. Thank you to Mrs. Shelly Hlavaty and Mrs. Crystal Haecker for organizing the picnic. Thank you to the PTO for providing funds to purchase a book for each of the Title I participants.
        Great job to Mrs. Kristine White and Mrs. Kendra Carlson for organizing an awesome plant sale on April 28! Thank you to everyone who purchased plants and to those who volunteered. Funds raised will support the Jump Start to Kindergarten Program held during the summer and retreats like the Kindness Retreat for our older students.
        The spring concert for grades 3-5 is scheduled for May 14 at 6:30pm. Please join us. Mr. Luke hosted an elementary band party on May 10 for those students who have earned their required number of Band Bucks.
        End of year field trips are happening. The PTO is providing funds to help make field trips possible.
        We are looking forward to our Track and Field Day on May 11. Rain date is May 15. Thank you to Mr. Nathan Liess and his volunteers for facilitating this experience.
        DARE recognition for fifth graders was held on May 4. Thank you to Saunders County Deputy Janecek for facilitating this program. A special thank you to Dr. Harriet Gould for representing the district at the event.
        An end of year BOGO Book Fair is taking place May so students can purchase books for the summer months. Thank you to Mrs. White and Mr. Rose for facilitating.
        All BackPack families are receiving extra food for the summer months. The PTO will also provide BackPack families with KFOR Summer Fun Punch Tickets. Thank you to all who support this program!
        An end of year Awards Assembly will be held on May 22. We will recognize students for a variety of accomplishments. Please feel free to join us.
        Parents are encouraged to pick up Report Cards beginning May 24.
        Thank you to the Board of Education for the treats during Teacher Appreciation Week!
Submitted by Ann Egr, Elementary Principal at Ceresco/Special Education Director
Elementary-MUSTANG Award Winners: At our March/April awards celebration the following students were honored for the MUSTANG award: Bair Edwards, Landon Ekwall, Lela Hass, Kashdyn Novak, Kayla Matulka, Will Varilek, Emma Guenther, Sarah Lange. P.O.P (Positive Office Pass) drawing recipients were: Landon Ekwall, Justin Grundin, Lane Walsh, Phoenix Monroe-Burch, Braeden Orcutt, Shae Jensen, Jeramiah Norton
      NSCAS and MAP testing are complete for grades 3, 4, and 5. The students worked very hard! Thanks to teachers for being flexible with the computer lab during this testing season.
      The third and final official round of DIBELS testing is complete. The teachers’ will be using the data to assess and evaluate if students are improving with the reading interventions. Thanks to Mrs. Haecker for her dedication to this program.
      To promote positivity and kindness, Raymond Central Elementary Schools celebrated "It’s Kool to be Kind" day on April 18. Every student and staff member wore kindness shirt to promote this event. Every Wednesday for the remainder of the year students and staff were encouraged to wear their shirt as a reminder that kindness matters.
      Prospective kindergarteners attended roundup on Friday, April 20. Currently, Ceresco has 31 students registered for next year.
      D.A.R.E Graduation was held on April 20 at 2:00 in the Ceresco gym. Officer Janecek from the Saunders County Sheriff Department is the D.A.R.E. instructor. The Mission of the DARE Program is to teach students good decision-making skills to help them lead safe and healthy lives. The course’s ten lessons are arranged in a scaffolding process, starting with the basics of responsibility and decision making and then building on each other allowing students to develop their responses to real- life situations. Students apply what they learned by writing an essay. Congratulations to Owen Kreikemeier, Taylor Oldfield, and Alyssa Rothwell for having their compositions picked to read aloud. Raymond Central appreciates the work that Officer Janecek does to make this a successful educational opportunity
      Visitation day for 5th grade students was April 25 at 1 pm. A vital indicator of a successful post-elementary experience is participating transition activities. The transition between these can seem overwhelming for some students. The visit helps orient the students to the building and procedures at the 6th grade level.
      The Spring Title I Picnic was on Wednesday, May 9 in Valparaiso with 60 Families in attendance. The district appreciates the dedication Mrs. Haecker and Mrs. Hlavaty have for this valuable program.
      The 5th grade band party was held Thursday, May 10 from 3:30-5:30 at the elementary school in Valparaiso. Students played games in the gym, snacks and drinks, and a movie. The incentive is for band members who have 45 boxes of practice time (20 min each) on their practice sheets and signed by a parent. Thank-you Mr. Luke for doing this for the students!
       The spring concert for grades 4-6 will be on Monday, May 14 starting at 6:30 at the high school. Thank you to Mr. Strouf, Mr. Luke, and the students for their continued support of the fine arts!
       A huge shout out goes to Mrs. White and Mrs. Carlson for organizing the annual plant sale! Once again, this was a huge success! The estimated sales totaled around $25,000. Fantastic support for this event!
       The spring carnival was Friday, April 13 at Valparaiso Elementary. The theme was Raymond Central Roundup! The event was a huge success! Thanks so much to our amazing PTO for their dedication and support to the students at Raymond Central! The evening had exciting games and delicious treats. The Raymond Central Trap Team provided the meal. This event could not have happened without the PTO, Boys Scouts, and parent volunteers! A fun night was had by all!
       The BOGO (Buy One, Get One Free) Book Fair ran from May 7-11. The event is always a huge success and a great way for students to find some great books to read over the summer! Thanks to Mrs. Haecker and Mr. Smith for all of their efforts to make this happen!
       As the year comes to an end, the last few weeks are filled with field trips, track and field day on May 11 and the annual school picnic and awards assembly will be held on May 22. It is a busy time!
      Special Education-End of the year state reporting has started and is in full swing.
      Psychologist Services: 45 evaluations were conducted this year (14 NEW referrals and 31 Re-evaluations). Students receiving special education services are required to have a new evaluation  every three years to determine if the student still meets verification criteria by Nebraska Rule 51.

Discussion:       Multiple Intelligence Update - A majority of the teachers have taken the MI Assessment. We will utilize this assessment next fall as a tool to understand our student's learner profiles. Tim Golden will come in to present his knowledge with staff at the beginning of the year and also work with the 6th grade as a pilot study for the assessment. Tim is also working on creating an identifier using multiple sources of data to determine student need and supports. 
     Safety Audit Update - Attached is a copy of the feedback we received from our annual safety audit. Ed Johnson, former superintendent, walked each building site and took detailed notes. We are in the process of creating a plan to make sure we follow through with his recommendations. 
     Superintendent 360 Evaluation - At our next Board Meeting, Marcia and Will from NASB will join us to go over the next round of data in regards to my evaluation. I am excited to see the results and use the new assessment tool to set the stage for year two. 
     The Educational Foundation is looking at the possibility of offering after school services. 

Discussion:        Roof Maintenance - This summer we have an estimated $1,900 worth of repair work to the high school roof. All three sites will be re-evaluated next year.
      Lagoon Project - Lloyd Jakoubek will begin work at the end of this month creating a new pipe to lagoon #2. Phil Carlson has been working with a company to get our permeability test complete. This project should be complete by the end of summer. 
      Ceresco Air Quality Project - The pre-bid walkthrough was held on May 8. It was open for anyone interested in bidding the project. Bids are due Friday, May 18 at 2:00 PM. I will travel to Davis Design to be there as bids are opened. Work will begin shortly after school is out. 

Discussion:       We are in the beginning phase of determining what we want technology to look like in the next 5 years and what supports we need for students and teachers. The Technology Committee met last week to discuss what purchases need to be made for next year. Mr. Marsh is in the process of creating a priority list. 

Discussion:        An updated Raymond Central Safety and Crisis Protocol was provided to the Board after the Multiple Stakeholder Meeting was held on May 7 (with representation from local Sheriff’s Departments, Raymond Fire and Rescue, State Patrol, Board Members, Administrators and School Counselors).

Discussion:        We will move forward with the RevTrack credit card payment option to give families an alternative option for the 2018-19 school year.

Discussion:        Motion by Black, second by Blanchard to purchase a mid line bus for no more than $56,750 over a span of 7 years.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        Sealed bids for the Ceresco Building Air Quality Contract are due Friday, May 18 at Davis Design.  Motion by Breitkreutz, second by Urbom to authorize Dr. Joel to accept a contract that does not exceed $250,000.00.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        Motion by Black, second by Urbom to approve payment of $150.00 per day to long term Ag Substitute Jeff Nelson beginning on August 10, 2018.  RCV 5-0, Gould-Abstained.  Motion carried.

Discussion: 

     We will begin the process of reviewing and revising our current student code of conduct for extra-curricular activities. Students who participate in extracurricular activities for RC (and all other schools) are held to a higher standard in regards to their behavior and choices. If students choose to engage in illegal activity (tobacco, drugs, alcohol, etc...) they are suspended from competition for a period of time.  Essentially, we need to be more clear and transparent for administrators and parents to understand the expectation.

Discussion:        Motion by Black, second by Breitkreutz to approve the K-12 Multi-Cultural Education Reports from Ceresco, Valparaiso, and Jr-Sr High School as presented.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:              Motion by Urbom, second by Breitkreutz to approve the updates to our Wellness Policy.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried. 

Discussion:              Motion by Urbom, second by Black to approve the out-of-state travel for SkillsUSA students (Miranda Hornung, Duke Nelson, Jack Nelson, Brady Nelson, Josh Palensky, Amber Heyen, Scott Tvrdy) and Mr. Dunker to compete in the National Competition in Louisville, Kentucky from June 25-30.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        Motion by Springer, second by Gould to approve the 2018-19 ESU #2 SPED Services Contract for $149,368 which includes: School Psychologist, Speech Language Pathologist, and Special Education Administrative Services.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        Motion by Black, second by Springer to approve the annual Hearings for Policy 5416 Student Fees, 6400 Parent Involvement, 5415 Bullying, and 5419 Restraint and Seclusion.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        Motion by Breitkreutz, second by Blanchard to approve the resignations of Nicole Kliment, Head Softball Coach; Rhonda Madsen, High School Cook; Shawn Ekwall, Social Studies Teacher and Head Girls Basketball Coach; and Delores Smith, High School English Language Arts Teacher, Cheer Coach, Jr Class Sponsor, National Honor Society, and AdvancEd Committee.  RCV 6-0.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        Motion by Black, second by Urbom to approve Steve Davison as substitute Bus Driver; Nicole Kliment as K-5 Special Education in Ceresco, BA+27, Step 2; Sydney Paige as 7-8 Science Teacher and 1^st Semester FFA Advisor, BA+9, Step 5; Tash Osten as Assistant Volleyball, Step 1; and Jeff Nelson as 1^st Semester Long Term Sub for Agriculture.  RCV 5-0, Gould-Abstained.  Motion carried.

Discussion:        Motion by Black, second by Breitkreutz to approve the next regular Board of Education Meeting for Monday, June 4 at 6:30 PM.  RCV 6-0.