September 14, 2015 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Call to order at 7:30 pm

Discussion:  Village is in search of a police chief. Monroe Ave project. Village website and Facebook page. Thomas Moore will be here Wednesday at 8:30

Discussion:  Ryan McMackin Student Council represent. Student involvement Fan of the game Home Coming Hall decorating and judging Dress up days for homecoming Community involvement for the Home Coming Parade Student involvement of making the school a better place water bottle filling water fountains for the schools. Student Council has some ideas for paying for them.

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Discussion:  Get with companies for bids regarding demolishing old cafeteria. Contents of building will need to be gone through before demolition.

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Discussion:  Checks signed

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Discussion:  Mobius door and alarms systems - still no timeline for completion A+ will be doing education for teachers using computers in the classroom. Website mpslions.socs.net - once adequate content is added the website will be released publicly. Still waiting for shipping of the wireless access points and switches needed to complete wireless project. Equipment is being partially funded by erate government financing. Alarm system still not working. Second amplifier fried twice. Another amplifier is on order. Mobius is confident they can get it fixed.

Discussion:  Extracurricular activities goals were centered around Broader, Better and Bigger theory. Currently four girls going through training on how to be a captain. Would like training to be expanded to boys program. Girls will be attending the City Council meeting to see what they can provide to the community. Encourage students to participate in activities. Creation of the Lion's Den student section. Player development - getting students registered with NCAA and NAIA. Providing "customer service" to coaches, referees and bookkeepers for activities. Areas of improvement for activities quality coaches, weight training, bullying not addressed, more youth programs, standards too low, issues not addressed, Student - Lazy students, need weight training, more pride, Athletes reported that a large percentage of students and athletes are engaged in drink and drugs use in our school. Get involved in the Panhandle, Prevention Coalition to get students, parents, coaches teachers and community members. New rule change possibly for 2016 season - Heat schedule for volleyball or put air conditioning in the gym. It is a good thing to have people from others schools come into our school. We should welcome them and show them what a great school Morrill Public Schools is. Athletic director will look into upgrading our weight room. Looking into WPCI to do drug testing, would give kids an out to say "NO". WPCI will also send a policy update. May need a K-9 unit to come through Looking into assemblies that would speak on drugs and alcohol - one is Todd Becker foundation. Would like to have assembly on a monthly basis.

Discussion:  Will vote on the Fisher Track proposal at Friday meeting

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Discussion:  Have had a district administrators meeting with 11 members, one morning a week every other week. Working on philosophy and growth. Also other meeting with ancillary personnel meeting. Review of NeSA scores proficiency continues to go up. ACT testing is not correlating with our NeSA scores. State of Schools Report Kitchen inventory Beatrice Promo

Discussion:  Discussing regarding current bid and need for more bids. Will obtain additional bids and have facilities committee meet to make final decision.

Discussion:  $2400 is currently being spent on Culligan water bottles. Student Council would be willing to buy a machine. 3 units will be purchased.

Discussion:  Current boys bathroom has missing doors, non-working air hand dryers and mismatched sinks/hardware. Will get three new sinks and 3 new sensor controlled faucets. Will also remove the old hand dryers. The elementary boys bathrooms do not have doors either. Will get stall doors for bathrooms in elementary as well.

Discussion:  Next step is for administrative team to look at data and come up with a strategic plan for addressing issues. The big issues are daycare/after-school program, transportation to/from school activities, dual credit courses, giving back to the community and expressing appreciation to the community, quality coaching and school paper.

Discussion:  Promises made should be kept regarding stipend for elementary band/show choir. However, she has not received her stipend for last years work, because it occurred after the negotiated agreements were approved. She will receive her stipend now.

Discussion:  Technology Specialist started at $16/hr and he understood overtime would be a part of initial job. He accumulated 60 hours of overtime in the first two months. There was an understanding that his wage would be adjusted after initial months of working on technology issues. The board agrees to continue paying at a rate of $16/hr and allowing overtime until computers for students are up and running.

Discussion:  September 18, 2015 at 4:30 PM