November 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM - Regular November Meeting

Rationale: 

Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings:

BOE Policy/Regulation 8346 outlines the parameters of public participation at Board meetings concerning items on the agenda as well as those not on the agenda.  A copy of this policy is available in the Superintendent’s office and at each monthly Board meeting.

Rationale:  Approve R & R repair bill in the amount of $42.18

Rationale:  This is payment for replacement of the countertop in the art room.

Rationale:  I need to know who is attending the state school board convention for sure so that I can cancel rooms if necessary.  We need to discuss transportation and I need to make reservations for Wednesday and Thursday evening if  you would like to.  We were not able to secure reservations at the convention site, so we will be staying at Comfort Inn and Suites 7007 Grover St., Omaha, NE Ph: 402-934-4900.

Rationale:  I had a parent at parent teachers conference recommend that we not allow sweat pants and only allow short outside of the dates of October 1st and April 1st.  I told the parent I would pass the concern on for your consideration.  She was concerned with the appearance of our students in the audience at the National Honor Society Induction.

Rationale:  Do you want to have a Christmas party for staff?

Saturday, December 8th, with a 6:00 social and a 7:00 dinner 

Rationale:  We had two students who we had to count as "non graduates" from last year.  This will adversely affect our graduation rate.

Rationale:  The group that I'm working with suggested that we review our current school wellness policy as a step towards improving the level of health in our schools.  The current school wellness policy is attached.

You can also visit the website and view the audit that Jan, Mary, and I conducted as part of the Healthy Schools Program Training we went to.  I'd like to hear feedback regarding the survey responses and which ones you think you'd like to tackle first.
 

The website address to do this is: https://schools.healthiergeneration.org/

The username is: kschroed@esu11.org
The password is: Fishing1!

After you log in you need to make the following clicks to get to the inventory:

Click on Inventory View Full Status (at bottom lower left)

Click on School inventory button (top middle of screen)

Rationale:  The 4000 series policies that require decision making are attached.  I've highlighted the sections in question and I've made notes regarding the questions.  This section also contains the RIF policy, which had been asked about at last month's meeting.  I think we can quickly move through the questions and determine the changes and get a draft of the 4000 series read for first round approval by the December Board Meeting or you can remand it to a committee.

Rationale:  Approve transfer of $20,000 from the general fund to the school lunch fund

Rationale:  Tom would like to step away from the AD piece next year.  I'd like to discuss options and direction with you regarding that.  Tom is aware this discussion is going to take place at the board meeting and has indicated he will likely not attend the meeting.