March 18, 2019 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting
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I. Board Meeting
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I.A. Call to Order
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I.B. Roll Call of Board
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I.C. Pledge of Allegiance
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I.D. Notice of Open Meeting Posted
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I.D.1. President insures all can hear proceedings
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I.E. Mission Statement
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Doug Willoughby read the mission statement.
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I.F. Opportunity for Public to be Heard
Discussion:
No one spoke to the board of education.
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I.G. Presentations
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I.G.1. Danita Wickens
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Danita Wickens said she has been working on the STEM on the Go trailer, and it is currently at the high school having shelves built. She said she has also been reformatting the lesson. Wickens said she had a meeting with CMS Assistant Principal Jordon Anderson and Jill Goedeken from the UNL Extension about working together to use the STEM on the Go Trailer. Wickens said she used the Camp Invention format for the enrichment classes this summer. Students going into grades fourth and fifth can do a three to four day camp from 8 a.m. to noon for a cost of $55 per lesson. Each curriculum comes with supply list and everything is laid out for the teacher. For students in grades sixth through eighth, there will be a tinker academy from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for four days. Wickens said she would like to end this camp with a fashion show. Students will also make marble machines and be the engineer of a marble run that must meet different goals each time. Another day the student can bring an old toy and take it apart and make a new toy out of it using various items. The third camp will be VEX Robotics and be open to students in grades 7-10. The four-day camp will bring in upper level programmers to help the students. Wickens said this will hopefully spark some interest in the Robotics Club at the high school.
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I.H. Board Special Functions
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Mike Jeffryes said he was talking to a parent who had a student die and she wanted to talk to the crisis team, so they would understand what the family is going through in the whole process. Board member Doug Willoughby said hopefully the board will not have to revise this policy for a long time.
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I.H.1. Second and Final Reading of Policy 509.02 Memorial Protocol
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I.H.2. Second and Final Reading of Policy 509.04 Public Gifts to Staff, Students and District
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I.H.3. Final Reading of Policy 504.19 Bullying Prevention
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I.H.4. Hall of Fame Inductees
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Superintendent Dr. Troy Loeffelholz said the Board of Education gave the Hall of Fame the startup money for the banquet and wall, so part of the agreement is the board has to approve the list of Hall of Fame inductees.
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I.I. Items to be removed from the Consent Agenda
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I.J. Consent Agenda
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I.J.1. Approval of Minutes
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I.J.2. Financial Reports M2, M3, M4a
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I.J.3. Financial Report M4b
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Motion to table M4B to the April meeting.
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I.J.4. Financial Report M5
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I.J.5. Certified Personnel
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I.J.6. Classified Personnel
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I.J.7. Professional Travel
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I.K. Acceptance of Gifts/Donations
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I.L. Business Operations and Human Relations
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I.L.1. Administrative Functions
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I.L.1.1. Approval of Classified Salary Schedule 2019-2020
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I.L.1.2. Consideration of adopting the creation of a Nonprofit Corporation for the purpose of authorizing the District to enter into one or more lease purchase agreements with said Corporation.
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I.L.2. Updates
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I.M. Buildings & Sites/Technology
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I.M.1. Administrative Functions
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I.M.1.1. Approval of Staff Devices
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I.M.1.2. Transportation Upgrade
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I.M.1.3. Safety and Security 2019 Upgrades
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I.M.1.4. Security 2019-Elementary Gym Cameras
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I.M.2. Updates
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I.N. Curriculum and Instruction
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I.N.1. Administrative Functions
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I.N.2. Updates
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Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction Amy Romshek said this year she has been working with the high school math department. She said two years ago the board approved new curriculum, and she hired a math coach to work with teachers to study instructional shifts to see what this would looked like in the classroom. The high school math staff examined five sets of new materials with three representatives from vendors. They also traveled to Lincoln to observe classrooms using these materials. The high school math teachers selected College Prep Material. Romshek said the teachers liked the materials because it was engaging for students. She said she is working on numbers and will come back to the board in a month with a request to make the purchase.
Middle school science revised the existing curriculum for grades 5-8; attended several trainings; and traveled to GI, Omaha and Holdrege to observe and meet with the teachers. The teachers piloted Amplify Science the third quarter and StemScopes the fourth quarter. Romshek said since the district is spending all this money on new curriculum, the teachers need to make sure it is something they like and want to use. She said after piloting the two sciences, if the teachers decide they don’t like either one, there is still a year to find something else. High school biology is looking at a different set of materials for fourth quarter. Elementary science is participating in a three-dimensional science training and will pilot materials in 2019-20. Romshek said she has been to several trainings, and will come to the board next month to recommend purchasing materials. |
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I.O. Student Services
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I.O.1. Administrative Functions
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I.O.1.1. Tuition rates for the District and Special Education, 2019-2020
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Executive Director of Student Services and Special Education Jason Harris said over the last three years, he has not accepted any new contracts because of high numbers at CPS. If students would be accepted, the contract rates for next year would be the following: high needs/autism plus support/Autism communication life skills annual cost is $50,460; resource $33,060; nonpublic resource $10,004 and project search $10,004.
Executive Director of Business Operations and Human Relations Dave Melick said the district has not had anyone pay regular education tuition for 15 years, but this is something that must be done every year. He said option enrollment did away with a lot of these students.
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I.O.1.2. Addition of Resource Teacher
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Harris said he would like to add two additional resource teachers. He said he would like to keep the one who was hired the second semester to help with the case load at North Park. He said he would also like to hire another teacher to float between Centennial and Emerson. The high needs teacher at Lost Creek will also split her time by doing instruction in the morning and working in other classrooms in the afternoon. Harris said the salary and benefits for both positions would be $104,930. He said these would be permanent positions.
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I.O.2. Updates
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Harris said he would like to add two additional resource teachers. He said he would like to keep the one who was hired the second semester to help with the case load at North Park. He said he would also like to hire another teacher to float between Centennial and Emerson. The high needs teacher at Lost Creek will also split her time by doing instruction in the morning and working in other classrooms in the afternoon. Harris said the salary and benefits for both positions would be $104,930. He said these would be permanent positions.
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I.P. Superintendent's Report
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Dr. Loeffelholz said starting tomorrow, interviews for the high school principal position. He said Norfolk Assistant Principal Erik Wilson and CHS Activities Director Dave Hiebner will be tomorrow. CHS Assistant Principal Angela Leifeld will be on Thursday. North Bend Principal Brenda Petersen and CHS Assistant Principal Jason Schapmann will be on March 26. Dr. Loeffelholz said most of the board members are flying out on Thursday for the national school board conference. He reminded the board that the CHS top 10 percent breakfast will be April 10 and the Employee Banquet on April 26. Dr. Loeffelholz said a LB 160 went through where school districts can use economic development money for early childhood development. Dr. Loeffelholz said he spent some time talking with superintendents from districts affected by the flood, and they came up with a list of things that are needed. He said most of these places need items such as bottle water, cleaning supplies and bleach. He said they do not need clothes at this time. ESU 7 and CPS are starting a collection to take in these goods. There are two trucks available to take the items to people in need. Dr. Loeffelholz said CPS and ESU 7 will be manning the site, which will be at the old CPS warehouse across the street from West Park. Dr. Loeffelholz encouraged principals to hold some type of collection with the students to help those in need.
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I.Q. Board Sharing
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Doug Willoughby thanked all the people for their caring and concern when the flood waters were nearing his house. He said it is nice to know people are thinking about you. Theresa Seipel said she is thankful that Columbus did not get hit as hard as Fremont and North Bend. She said she was also disappointment that nothing was said on the national news until five days after the fact. Seipel said she is concerned that people will forget. Seipel said the ag economy was not super strong to start with, and this will hurt for a long time. She said there is also a lot of livestock lost. Mike Jeffryes said there are so many friends who live outside of town and had no flood insurance and lost everything. He said he enjoyed handing items to staff on staff appreciation day. Candy Becher said it has been refreshing seeing how wonderful this community is coming together to help those in need just like they have done in the past. She said she went to School Board President’s meetings and quickly found out she is grateful Columbus does not have the problems of the bigger schools like Omaha and Lincoln.
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II. Executive Session
Discussion:
The board did not go into executive session.
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III. Adjourn
Discussion:
The board adjourned the meeting at 8:03 p.m.
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