March 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Discussion:  The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and President Armstrong made note of the Open Meetings Act poster that is on display in the meeting room.

Discussion:  CLAIMS: General Fund: Amazon Capital Services, Inc. 2,273.90; BSTT 2,600.80; Black Hills Energy 6,710.41; Blick Art Materials 820.41; Capital One Trade Credit 39.99; Card Service Center 729.93; Cash-Wa Dist. 1,022.98; Century Link 656.09; Community First Bank 40.00; Deaver Tire Company 1,882.00; Demco Inc. 108.28; E-Logic 479.00; Eakes, Inc/dba Eakes Office Solutions 989.66; Ecolab 62.96; EduTrack, LLC 1,775.98; Einspahr, G 44.54; ESU 16 13,448.05; Family Zone, Inc. 2,223.60; Follett School Solutions, Inc. 802.23; Frenchman Valley Coop 24.25; HealthEquity, Inc. (FLEX-125 PLAN) 164.00; Hometown Leasing 2,514.43; Huff, K 299.00; Ideal Linen Supply 388.95; Jacobs, B 50.64; JWPepper 255.93; Keith Co. News 6.10; KSB School Law 915.00; Mid-American Research 319.08; Midamerica Books 164.67; Moorhead, D 550.00; Nebraska State Fire Marshall Agency 180.00; NPPD 2,844.98; NPPD MLBRY Acct 64.28; NPPD Plum 2 Acct 47.37; Office Service, Inc. 94.33; Oriental Trading Co. 234.99; Performance Health Supply 69.95; R Lawn LLC 9,970.73; Richards, S 62.24; Rudy's GTO 30.16; S & W Auto Supply 228.12; Scherbarth, S 590.81; Schneider, D 119.45; Sinclair Oil Corp. 300.00; SP Benefit Fund 520.00; Spencer, D 153.27; T & K Tire Inc 3,087.04; Teacher's Discovery 80.89; US Postmaster-Big Springs 290.00; Verizon Wireless 246.94; Village Of Big Springs 495.60; Walmart Business: Capital ONE Online 619.97; Ward Science 199.25; Wiest Hardware 125.55; Wilson, L 30.66; AFLAC 1,164.82; AFLAC-10MO 124.49; Colonial Life 200.96; EFTPS 40,766.78; Horace Mann Insurance Company 554.31; Horace Mann Life Ins. Co. 225.00; BCBS NE 55,148.17; NPERS 35,866.68; Principal Life Insurance Co. 1,344.09; Vision Care Direct 543.70; Credit Management Services, Inc. 213.98; US Department of the Treasury 177.08; SPFLEX 3,092.04 CLAIMS: Benefit Fund: Venelope & Bro's Food Palace 118.00; Happy Jacks BBQ 520.00

Discussion:  Julie Koenen, Jenny Reichman, Ken Bartels, Shane Richards and Colton Moorhead addressed the board.

Discussion:  The building and grounds committee discussed lighting. The transportation committee noted that new tires have been installed on two buses. The windshields have been repaired on the suburbans. The education committee noted that legislation education for the board is available at the end of March.

Discussion:  Mr. Nick Brost gave the principal's report. Special thank you to Mrs. Spady for planning and organizing C2-6 and D1-6 District contests that SP hosted. Thank you to Deb Foster for preparing the hospitality room food. Parent-teacher conferences were held. The Scholastic Book Fair was a success! Special thank you to Mrs. Barnhart, Mr. Taylor, Miss Winckler for working on the book fair before and after school and all the staff and students who helped to set up and tear down. SP earned $947.43 in Scholastic dollars for the library and sold 251 items. Congratulations: February Students of the Month: Briahnna Einspahr, Connor Evans, Jordyn Babst, Johanna Frerichs, Cavin Lanman, Paola Lopez. Congratulations: State Speech Qualifiers: Joseph Hobbs, Paola Lopez, Dash Richards, Quinten Koenen. Congratulations: Winter sports teams (GBB, BBB, Boys and Girls Wrestling) for successfully completing each season.

Discussion:  Officer Holloway gave the School Resource Officer Report. He provided an overview of the Phil Chalmers training profiling school shootings and what teachers and staff can do to help prevent such tragedies. He provided a summary of the active shooter training.

Discussion:  Mr. David Spencer gave the superintendent's report. The Pre-School is fully licensed under the South Platte Early Learning Program.  He provided updates on title funds, ESSA funds, staff openings and staff in services. He reviewed the hours in session for the year, including days for staff, elementary students and hours for graduation requirements. He conducted the "Return to School Plan Review."  He noted that the elementary celebrated Dr. Suess’ Birthday, the show choir hosted a music program, and the school safety meeting was held. He acknowledged that the South Platte Education Association has finished the process to be recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining unit for the district.

Discussion:  The board cell phone committee discussed times so admin can set up a meeting with the student and staff cell phone committee.

Discussion:  Review the minutes.