March 1, 2021 at 9:00 AM - SAA Meeting

Rationale: 

                               Communication
Effort          Respect             Responsibility        Belief

One Good Thing!        

5 Minutes of FAME:  APL Weekly Focus: 

Carol Reha:  COVID Report 2/18/2021
The DHM for the State is operating in Green.  Colfax County has moved to Blue.  SCS continues to operate in Yellow.  High School activities are required to follow a more restrictive protocol established by the NSAA.  See Attached  report for the week.

STRAT Team/Crisis Team Meeting:
1.  Temperature Checks:  Discussion on changing temperature check protocols at each building.
2.  Safety Protocol:  There was concern expressed by the SEA about safety protocols followed during an incident at SCHS last week.  Review safety protocols used to resolve the situation.
3.  Schedule Monthly STRAT Team Meeting:  Recommend:  First Monday of the month (March, April,May) prior to SAA Meeting.

SAA Meeting
1.  Early Retirement Eligibility:  Teacher Early Retirements are due today, March  1st.

2.  School Safety/Security Assessment Report: Dr. Lefdal, Jesse Zavadil, Meridith Riha, and Heather Bebout are registered for this workshop.  It is zoom, so you will stay in your building/office. These building reps. along with 6 other representatives will be involved in a attending a zoom two-day workshop (March 16th & 17th) hosted by NDE (FEMA:  High Quality Emergency Operations Plan). In addition to 6 school members we must include (Emergency Manager, County Sheriff, Chief of Police, Fire Chief) in this training.  We will be updating our plan to match all the requirements of the FEMA Plan.

3.  2021-22 Requisitions:  The 2021-22 COOP purchase teacher catalog opened on-line on February 21, 2021.  Textbook cycle and requisitions for 2021-22 will be open Monday, March 15th.  Teachers will need to requisition for their present positions.  Coop purchase is due Friday, March 26th.  Regular requisitions due Friday, April 30th.

4.  SEA Input on School Calendar:  The SEA building reps met  with  me  on  Friday, February 26th.  They provided additional input on the school calendar and discussion on  whether protocol was followed during a recent safety incident at the high school.  See attached requests.

5.  2021 STRAT Plan Meeting Schedule:  Thank you for working with board committees to share staff/community priorities for the 2021 strategic plan. 
March 1 @ 6:00:  Finance/Building/Grounds Committee
March 2 @ 5:00:  Technology/Website/Communication
March 2 @ 6:00;  SPED/ELL/Learning Environment

6.  Principal Selection and Interview Process:  We will begin the review of candidates this week and set up interviews for Wednesday/Thursday.  Those wanting to participate in the interviews will need to stay after the meeting to work on interview questions.  We plan to have  a recommended candidate for board approval at the board meeting on March 8th.

7.  March 9th Parent-Teacher Conferences:  The food service will provide an evening meal during parent-teacher conferences.  Planning on wrapped sandwiches, etc....