December 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM - Committee As A Whole

Discussion:  Doug Willoughby, Board President, read the Mission Statement.

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Dave Hiebner, CHS Principal, shared enrollment numbers for CHS. They have 1340 students, with 17% EL, 12% Special Education, 46% Free and Reduced. There are 77 teachers, 14 certified non-teacher staff and 42 classified staff. Mr. Hiebner talked about the AQUESTT data. CHS has a Good classification. EL students are making progress and have increased testing scores. The chronic absenteeism is showing a decrease in the percentage. Graduation rate was discussed with 9 students dropping out. Four of those students had medical concerns. Mr. Hiebner said they are currently working with Platte Valley Literacy and CCC to help students coming in from other countries with language  barriers. He talked about building goals at CHS based on the UpBeat survey data.

Discussion:  Jason Schapmann, Director of Human Resources and Fiscal Support, shared the financial reports. He said the Special Education reimbursement will be received soon. Revenue is showing a state aid payment, and the detail is showing very standard items for this time of the school year.

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Mr. Schapmann shared the certified staff hire. The contracted preschool teacher has been hired to become the permanent teacher.

Bob Hausmann, North Park Principal, submitted his retirement letter. Chip Kay, Superintendent, said that Mr. Hausmann has made a huge impact in 32 years of education. These will be big shoes to fill. Mr. Hausmann said he wants to go out feeling good about where things are. He will seek other opportunities. 32 years in education.

Discussion:  The Foundation Report shows $23,077.51 for the month of November, total contributions for 2024 are $510,931.62.

The board was asked to approve new members for the Foundation Board. The list of potential candidates was shared.

Nicole Anderson, Foundation Director/Director of Communications submitted a report for the Lighting of the Anchor Event which included music, cookies and hot chocolate.  

Discussion: 

Teresa Hausmann, Director of Teaching and Learning, reported on the new requirement from LB452 which requires a financial literacy status report. She shared that they have had 358 staff connections in November. 

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Jason Harris, Director of Special Education, shared his experience with the CHS Unified Bowlers. They won the state championship and were just returning with a police escort into town. The CHS band was playing for them as they arrived at CHS. An awesome experience for those students.

Discussion:  Leonard Kwapnioski, Director of Operations said the Kramer project is progressing well.

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Dr. Kay said he submitted his intent to return letter. He discussed a report that included more information regarding the budget which included information on what is spent year to date with encumbrances. He asked how often the board would like to see this report. More discussion will take place with the finance committee in January. Bond indebtedness report will be available at the next meeting.

Discussion:  Dr. Kay talked about how we would accomplish the policy reviews at each meeting.

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Dr. Kay requested approval of the calendars. The 25-26 calendar reflects 171 academic days and 172 academic days for 26-27. Amount of contact time that CPS has with students is very different than many similar districts. 

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Mr. Hiebner said the mid-term graduate list reflex 51 students to graduate. This is about the normal number.

 

Discussion: 

Mr. Hiebner listed the changes in the course description book. This included the removal of courses no longer approved by the NCAA. Some wording was changed. There was an adjustment of the art flowchart. Additions include tech math, computer science 1 and 2, and the Apprentice Program. Honors Biology was removed. 

Discussion: 

Mr. Schapmann said nothing has changed to qualify. 25 people are eligible. CPS has 7 last year. The board will need to decide in January if we aren’t going to offer this program next year. 

Discussion:  Mr. Hiebner gave a presentation on the proposed Apprentice Program, He said there have been multiple meetings. This program will give CHS students the opportunity to work in the apprentice program at a company in Columbus. Lucas Wieser, CCC representative, spoke on the registered apprenticeship program under the umbrella of the NDOL.
Mr. Hiebner said employer partners are already on board. This is for the student who knows this is what they want to do as a career.

Discussion: 

Computer Science 1 and 2 is proposed to be offered in 2025-26. This is an intermediate and capstone course in the Perkins classification. This will be a year-long course and prerequisite to algebra II. Algebra and coding go hand in hand. There are two teachers that will teach the course, Brian Townsend and Adam Whitmore. These two teachers have put these courses together, very positive and filling an important hole needed at CPS. This targets a group of students that we need to provide. 

Discussion:  Bond funding with color.

Discussion:  Board Sharing will be next week.

Discussion:  The Board did not go into Executive Session.

Discussion:  The meeting was adjourned at 7:48.