February 10, 2020 at 7:30 PM - Loup City Public Schools Board of Education Regular Session

Discussion:  Sylvia Fowler discussed her support of education and the effects of property taxes on agriculture.  Heidi Krolikowski  spoke about her concerns about the K-2 building and all of the strategies that have been put in place to address the academic goals of our district.  Mary Johnson spoke about her concern that the K-2 building is not an emergency and will put everyone in financial jeopardy and children being used as a pawn.  Pat Johnson asked the board to make a motion to not build for the next 9 months.  Tina Treffer shared measurements she took of the existing building and a graphic proposal for adding 4 classrooms to the front of the middle school.  Rosie Wilson spoke about property taxes not being paid, using local contractors and fixing the problems in the elementary and she is not opposed to safety.  Trent Loose spoke about additional safety issues to our students.  Wade Heil spoke about the elementary building costing more to remodel and asked that we get rid of the open concept.  Jerry Dethlefs asked the board to take the lease purchase off of the table and he feels the building meets all codes.

Discussion:  Ms Simpson reported that the data had been collected and first indications from data available was that the K-2 builiding was costing 19.5 centers per square foot and the grades 3-12 building was 5.8 cents per square foot.

Discussion:  The LCEA and Loup City Public Schools have settled on a negotiated agreement for 2019-2020.  It calls for a $400 increase on the base.  Insurance premiums increased 6.79% this year and the total addition to package was 3.97%.  
 

Discussion:  Scott Friesen and Wayne Klein shared information they learned at the Legislative Issues Conference in Lincoln.  Major items reported on are LB 974 and LB 1202.  Jamie Lewandowski reported on the CNCAP meeting held in January.  She shared that the meeting was productive and most questions were answered.  The committee shared its belief that Loup City would like an all day preschool program and CNCAP, like LC Public, does not have the space for a full day preschool.  Lines of communication were left open.  Loraine Panowicz reported from the budget cmte meeting and the presentation by FNNI about the historical part of the budget process.  Ron Mroczek reported on the possible summer maintenance projects of paint and carpet, concrete repair, leaking gutters, entry carpeting and the serving window at the football field.

Discussion:  Ms Simpson reported on the safety drill held on Monday and the coffee that was upcoming on Feb 14.  She shared the staff development plan for the remainder of this year and next, including the plan to create a new evaluation system.  The departmentalization grades 4-6 was discussed and how it would be put into play with some new intervention time available for students and teachers. Ms Simpson shared disclosure information from all 102 companies in Omaha to compare the record brought forth in the hearing of the audience. 

Discussion:  Next regular session of the school board is March 9th at 7:30pm.