February 13, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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1.1. Roll Call
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1.2. Recognition of Open Meeting Law
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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2. Reports, Communications & Public Participation
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2.1. Board accepts public comments
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There were no public comments
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2.2. Student board member report
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Sami Rodewald reported to the board. Winter sports are wrapping up. We had 3 boys and 2 girls qualify for the state wrestling tournament. State Wrestling/Cheer and Dance are all this coming weekend. State swimming and diving is the following weekend. Basketball sub districts are upon us as well. The bison days were last week, and were very enjoyable. FFA week is next week Feb 20-24th, 2023.
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3. Approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes and financials
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3.1. Approval of Expenditures/Payroll for January 2023
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4. Reports from Staff Members and Committees
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5. Administrator's written reports: Please review prior to the board meeting
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6. Superintendent's comments:
Annual Report Presentation of the Annual Report to the Board of Education. The topics that will be covered in the presentation: - School Improvement - State assessments scores - Locally developed criterion-referenced test scores - District demographic information - District expenditures and receipts report - Perceptual data review (surveys) - Concerns and successes
School Calendar Presentation of the 2023-2024 school calendar (draft) - This will be an action item on the March school board agenda. Textbook Adoption Mr. Bednar is working with teachers across the district on the textbook and/or material adoption process. This year's material adoption process is focused on science. One of the discussions taking place concerns the use of open educational resources in place of and/or in addition to textbooks. Curriculum Days Teachers in each building across the district are working in small teams to review and revise core area curriculum. This work is done on Wednesdays.
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7. Business Manager comments
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Monthly Business Manager Board of Education Report January 2023
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7.1. Wellness Report
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Jeff Gross and Scott Barger recapped the meeting with the following notes. Lunch menus need to be more readily available to students and parents, and changes to the menu need to be sent. Monthly menus change a lot. We understand with food supply changes, that it has to happen, but we should be able to know a correct weekly menu and send out via email to parents. Oppa newsletters would be good if sent and sent in a timely manner. The menu sometimes lacks creativity: chicken nuggets, chicken sandwich, popcorn chicken and pizza. If we know kids won't eat it, why have it as a menu item? For example, they eat cold broccoli, but won't eat cooked broccoli. Why do we serve it cooked, when it just gets thrown away. Fruits and vegetables are readily available and grab and go breakfast is a big hit. Kids love the salads and are disappointed when they are not available.Food portions seem to be OK. Central has improved in this area, other schools seem to be serving appropriate amounts. The food quality is good. no complaints or suggestions. Ala cart seems to be OK. New fresh ideas and options at high school are desired. Parfaits, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast pizza were suggestions.
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8. Board Member comments
Board committee assignments (Attached)
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9. New Business
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9.1. Approve resignations.
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9.2. Review KSO audit proposal
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The new proposal from KSO was presented and discussed. The preference is to stay with KSO. Mr. Gross has been instructed to review what other school districts are experiencing for cost analysis.
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9.3. Approve bid from Tillotson for Central Elementary roofing project.
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9.4. Approve the teacher evaluation tool.
This evaluation tool will be used starting with the 2023-2024 school year. For the tool to be used, it must be approved by the McCook Board of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education. A minor change was made to our current evaluation tool, and that change is highlighted in yellow in the document we attached to the Sparq electronic packet.
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10. Positive Comments
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Samantha Rodewald, Bison Days, was very impressed with the vendors and their generosity to all the students and classes.
Scott Barger, Very impressed with the course offerings at Bison Days, and Thanked Mrs. Jennings for all the work with the JH math program. Tom Bredvick, Bison Days partners with MCFF and several donors within the community. Appreciates Mr. Norgaard annual report. Mike Langan, commented that Bison days were an awesome experience for the students. Thanks for all the community and staff efforts. Congratulations to the winter sports teams. Charlie McPherson was very appreciative of the precautions for today's incident with the work ethic camp. Thank you for keeping the kids safe. Jeff Gross reminded everyone that tomorrow is Valentine's day, and thanked all the spouses and significant others of all the school employees for sharing the time and talents of their loved ones. Brad Hays, Bison days was fantastic and commented on the senior boy girls dance at color days. Grant Norgaard, thanked Mr. Borland for his help in providing a document showcasing MPS talents and promotion for the teacher recruiting fairs. |
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11. Adjournment
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adjourned @ 8:30 pm.
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12. Items for Review
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