November 14, 2022 at 5:30 PM - Committee As A Whole

Discussion: 

Presentation by Ben Loeffelholz and the students from SkillsUSA.  The group reported on attending the Mid-America Conference. The theme was "Our Time is Now". The students gave brief reports of each topic that was presented.

They also discussed the ways their conference has enhanced leading a chapter, organizing meetings and community service projects and the recruitment program.  Parliamentary procedure was discussed to come to decisions easier along with voting in their chapter meetings. The students invited everyone to join them at the state conference in Grand Island in April. Mr. Loeffelholz, sponsor, said the students deserve all the credit for their accomplishments, he is just the adult in the room. 

Discussion: 

Josh Loontjer, Columbus Police Department and SRO for CPS and Laurie Swanson, CHS Nurse, gave a presentation on the use of Narcan. Officer Loontjer said law enforcement carries their own dose for use in an emergency. Narcan would be administered to a suspected overdose occurring on school district property or a school sponsored event. Ms. Swanson demonstrated how the device for works to administer the dose to someone. They explained that this will buy some time until help arrives.  Officer Loontjer said law enforcement has started detecting fentanyl in vapes. 
Dr. Loeffelholz said CPS will have a training on Narcan use on Wednesday.

Also discussion regarding CPS obtaining Narcan from Columbus Community Hospital or East Central Health District. 

Discussion: 

Dave Hiebner, CHS Principal, reported on students, staff and events at Columbus High School. He shared information regarding the new staff, he’s proud to say that 8 CHS graduates have returned to work for the district. Mr. Hiebner talked about the implementation of non-negotiables the staff developed that are impacting student learning to make teaching easier. They have developed a behavior flow chart to reference what is staff managed student behavior and what is administrator managed behavior. He shared that they are using trust accelerators, and it is working very well. Mr. Hiebner touched base on staff meetings and data that is being shared which is very positive for students and staff. Also, the meetings give everyone an opportunity to ask questions and be heard by the entire staff and administration, very positive feedback. He described the communication each week and the professional development opportunities. Mr. Hiebner gave a report on the Upbeat survey and the data from that and the response to the data. He said the new Health Pathway is very popular, first semester classes are full and the second semester CNA class that is being offered is full at this time. There is talk of offering a summer class. He said he attributes that positive response to CCH and Ms. Kalhoff, who teaches the classes.  

Mr. Hiebner said FCCLA is a new organization being offered this year, they have 25 to 30 members. The only one CHS does not have now is FFA. Mr. Heibner highlighted career and college certifications, the number continues to grow in this area. 

He also spoke on the school improvement goals.

Mr. Hiebner said there were 740 students that attended homecoming and there were 421 students involved in fall activities. He believes activities are an integral part of the experience at CHS. Mr. Heibner ended his presentation with "Wear Your Maroon Proudly and As Always Go Discoverers". 

Discussion: 

Troy Loeffelholz, Superintendent did comment on the fact that this policy does not say that you have to be a resident of the school district, there is no guideline. Discussion on the time limit, it can be changed. It is determined by the board president, we will keep it at 5 minutes for now. 

Discussion:  Dr. Loeffelholz addressed the question from last meeting from this policy on the numbers being different, he said there's not a good answer, it is just based on revised statutes.

Discussion:  Dr. Loeffelholz explained the purpose of the policy. This policy refers to land/sites not buildings.

Discussion: 

Dr. Loeffelholz said Policy 305.02 Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response was written by KSB Law firm. He said he will get a clarification on the lock/unlocked storage of the naloxone. He also touched on the training and taking the extra steps for the safety of staff and students. 

Discussion:  Chip Kay, Director of Finance and Human Resources gave a summary of the financial reports. He said the report M2 balance in the General Fund is low. Other accounts are consistent with prior years. The M3 show amounts are right on, some balances are estimated until the check is received. M4a expenditures are being tracked, 94% of the funds were paid out in payroll.

Discussion:  Mr. Kay discussed the special education hire for 23-24. He said there have been two special education resignations.

Discussion: 

Mr. Kay said the memo shows employees that are moving over from ASI temporary employees to full time CPS employees. 

Discussion: 

Dr. Loeffelholz said the October total was $39,646.12; $320,970.37 for the year. He also shared information regarding all umbrella organizations requiring bylaws. Also noted was a grant in collaboration with ESU7 that has been submitted. 

Discussion: 

Teresa Hausmann, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment asked the board to consider the 6 areas to consider approving the state standards. The areas include Communication and Information, Business, Marketing and Management, Human Sciences and Education and Health Science. She said there are 6 areas, at this time, CPS is offering 4 of the courses. 

Discussion: 

Mrs. Hausmann gave a brief update on the work of the Curriculum Department. She shared the department goals. Proficiency reporting was discussed, overall it went well. Centennial requested more days for reporting. On-site support sessions have been completed, Domain 3, Conditions for Learning Training from the CPS Focused Teacher Evaluation Model was completed last week. Select-a-Session PD will take place on December 9th. Mrs. Hausmann said kudos to Jess Volker and Brandi Flemiong for getting all sessions set up.

She said numbers are down with in-person contacts, everyone has been busy planning PD.

Discussion: 

Mr. Kay is recommending that we offer early retirement.  He said approval of applicants would be at the February board meeting. 

Discussion: 

Applications meet all criteria after review by Mr. Kay.

Discussion: 

Mr. Kay said there has been a change for one of the request, and we will pull CMS EL materials, they have decided to keep them. 

Discussion: 

Mr. Kay updated survey results from this year compared with the last year's survey. There has been a lot of positive feedback from staff. There has been a lot of work being done in response to the survey results. 

Discussion:  Leonard Kwapnioski, Director of Building/Sites and Technology shared the request for the temporary snow fence from the City of Columbus.

Discussion: 

Mr. Kwapnioski invited the board to come to Kramer and see what's happening. He said the exterior is all sealed in, the gym has the first coat of paint, no more blue.  Mr. Kwapnioski said supplies continue to be pushed back. He said there is a question about where buses ordered last year are at this time. He did note that we have only paid for the buses we have received. 

Discussion: 

Jason Harris, Director of Student Services and Special Education said that there was a lot of state reporting in October. All Final financials claims have been made, 7.5 million, $169,000.00 in transportation.

Discussion: 

Dr. Loeffelholz talked about the State School Board Conference beginning on Wednesday. He said December 1st there will be a Facility Committee meeting to plan the presentation for staff. The RFP for Construction will go out on November 28th. December 9th there will be a presentation for classified staff in the morning and after lunch for certified staff.   December 14th and 15th at 6:30, there will be presentations for the public. 

Middle School started winter sports, the high school will start in a couple of weeks. 

Discussion:  Board Sharing will be at next week's meeting.

Discussion:  The meeting was adjourned at 7:25pm.