May 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Loup City Public Schools Board of Education Regular Session

Discussion:  Verified by Jamie Lewandowski and Scott Friesen that notice of the meeting was given in advance by publication and/or posting in accordance with the Board approved method for giving notice of meetings. Notice of this meeting was given in advance to all members of the Board of Education. The Secretary of the Board maintains a list of the news media requesting notification of meetings and advance notification to the listed media of the time and place of the meeting and the subjects to be discussed at the meeting was provided.  Availability of the agenda was communicated in the publicized notice and a current copy of the agenda was maintained as stated in the publicized notice. All proceedings of the Board of Education, except as may be hereinafter noted, were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.
 

Discussion:  Returned Teacher Contracts, Returned Classified Staff Agreements, Anthony Kapustka - Industrial Technology, and Jennifer Kuszak - Spanish.

Discussion:  Jeff Harrington - Boys Golf
Josh Asche - Activities Director

Discussion:  No patrons addressed the Board.

Discussion:  Mrs. Krolikowski introduced the Special Education Program to the board and discussed the process for intake, evaluation, and verification of students in Birth-3 and 3-5 year old categories.  Mrs. Lafferty discussed the SAT process, evaluation, MDT, and IEP processes for school age students.  Mrs. Norseen discussed the IEP, goals, and accommodations for students in Special Education.  Mrs. Badura discussed the transitions, level classes, work study, vocational rehabilitation, and life skills for high school students.  Mrs. Krolikowski ended the presentation by discusing the ILCD process.  


 

 

Discussion:  Discussion was held on the Student and Staff Memorial Policy.  While the policy is very specific, there was a lot of discussion around the memorializing students and staff in the yearbook.  The policy will be reviewed next year and will be discussed further.

Discussion:  Changes requested were an update on the language in the handbook for certificated leave that was changed in the negotiated agreement and more information about outside jobs and the use of the school facilities for personal gain.

Discussion:  The Board asks the administration to come up with expectations and guidelines for use of the equipment before we open it to the public.

Discussion:  Discussion was held on the need to replace buses every two years.  This will be revisited next school year.  Discussion was also held on replacing the handicap accessible van.

Discussion:  The program will run from June 4th-August 3rd.  Any child, whether they are in the district or not, can eat for free.  Breakfast will be available from 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Menus are posted on the school's Facebook page.

Discussion:  President Ericson discussed the building committee meeting minutes and personnel/policy committee meeting.

Discussion:  Items discussed included:  Elementary awards, R Stars Update, Kindergarten Round Up and Recognition, Elementary Bowling, Red and Black Day, Math Curriculum Update, Elementary Accreditation Update, Title I Schoolwide Plan Update, and filling positions when other teachers resign.

Discussion:  Items discussed include:  Golf students missing band concert for practice, track attendance at Papillion meet, Wednesday events, Track state qualifiers, district golf results, graduation ceremony, classes for next year, banquets, NHS student inductions, and Make-A-Wish Winners.

Discussion:  Items discussed include:  Financial Report, Rule 10 Visit, AdvancED Visit, Community Picnic, and Paperless Board Meetings.

Discussion:  Thank you to Erik Pehoviack, Lindsey Kulhanek, Julie Rose, and Christina Dahlberg for their years of service to the district.  Thank you to Kim Henry for keeping the Facebook page updated with events and pictures of the students and activities.  Congratulations to everyone for a great school year, a lot of good things happened this year.