October 27, 2015 at 12:00 PM - Board of Education 2nd Monthly Meeting

Rationale:  If any board member is absent, there will need to be a  motion to excuse the absence.

Rationale:  This is a legal meeting of the board of education, as advertised by the means specified in board policy. A complete copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the board room for your review. A copy of the agenda is available at the desk of the recording secretary.

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Board Policy 8160 indicates that the President of the Board or the full board may appoint temporary committees when it is deemed necessary. Temporary committees serve at the pleasure of the President or a majority of the members of the Board.  Their duration shall not exceed beyond the  next annual meeting of the Board, and they cannot take official Board action.  They must  submit their recommendations to the full Board for approval/action.

The purpose of this temporary "ad hoc" committee will be to draft a revised superintendent evaluation tool.  When finished, this draft will be presented to the full Board for approval and/or further revision.  The superintendent evaluation tool will also need to be approved by NDE, according to state law.

Arnie Robinson and Dr. Patti Gubbels have volunteered to serve on this committee. We could have one more Board member on the committee if anyone else is interested.

We will use our current Superintendent Evaluation tool this year.  The new tool will be used next year.

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All Board members have had an opportunity to review the Public Audit prepared by Kruse, Schumacher, Smejkal & Brockhaus, P.C. In addition, the auditors attended our last Finance and Facilities Committee meeting, where they presented their findings and answered questions for committee members.  

Overall, we had a very positive audit.  The auditors were very complimentary of the fiscal control measures that we have in place.

According to state law, this audit must be officially approved/accepted by the BOE prior to November 1st.  

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Rachel Engels

2015-2016 – Speech Pathologist  (to start November 1, 2015) 

Bachelor of Science Degree in Speech Pathology from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan 

Master of Science Degree in Speech Pathology from University of Nebraska in Kearney, Nebraska 

Previously a Speech Therapist for the Aegis Therapies Golden Living Center in Columbus, Nebraska

Rationale:  James Brisnehan and Troy Keilig, architects from Cannon Moss Brygger, are here to walk us through our up-coming Central Office Administration building remodel and addition.

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Our next Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 9th at City Chamber Office. The Study Session will begin at 5:30 and will be followed by the regular meeting at approximately 6:30.  All components of the meeting will be open to the public.

Please note: We do not have a Second Meeting of the Month in November due to the State School Board Convention.