April 11, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Notice of this meeting was posted at the Jeffrey Elementary School, Osceola Middle School/High School, Pinnacle Bank of Osceola, and the Osceola Post Office on April 7, 2022. This notice was also published in The Polk County News on the same date. A copy of the agenda items is tentative and may be changed by the Board if necessary.

Discussion:  President Boruch called the regular meeting to order at 6:03 PM and informed those in attendance that a current copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the meeting room, then directed the public to its location.

Discussion:  Also present were Superintendent Jason Lavaley, Principal Brent Breckner, Principal Brett Webster, Miss Blaike Bryan, Debra Berry and the Twin River Baseball Coach Aaron Rinkol.

Discussion:  There were no board members absent.

Discussion:  Coach Rinkol talked about the possibility of cooping baseball with Twin River.

Discussion:  Elementary Principal Brett Webster gave his written and oral report about: NSCAS (state) testing will start Tuesday, April 12th; the Read-A-Thon raised between $1800.00 to $1900.00 for PAC; the Daddy/Daughter Dance on Sunday, April 10th was a huge success; Kindergarten Round-Up and Preschool registration went well; there is a preliminary number of 19 students for Kindergarten next year; the Elementary Spring Music Concert is scheduled for 7:00 PM, Tuesday, April 26th; field trips are scheduled between April 21st and May 17th; Elementary Track and Field Day is set for May 2nd; the AR Party is preparing to go to a Storm Chasers baseball game; the Wax Museum presented by the 5th grade will from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Friday, May 6th; Preschool Promotion is scheduled for May 15th; and the last day of school is May 17th.


 

Discussion:  Middle/High School Principal Brent Breckner gave his written and oral report about: the March 25th in-service discussing the "Bulldog Way"; "On to College Prep for ACT" will be Tuesday, April 12th; Senior Skip Day is April 12th; 6th to 8th Grades will be going to the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha; and upcoming events.
 

 

 

 
 

 

Discussion:  Superintendent Jason Lavaley gave his written and oral report about: the sewer line at the outdoor concession area had to be repaired; the Strategic Planning Report that was formulated with NASB will be presented at the May meeting; a review of the March 25th teacher in-service about utilizing teachers as part of the visioning process; redefining the "Bulldog Way"; NASB and legislative updates; a review of concrete bids; the compilation of the activities survey with the students; school improvement topics; and the Superintendent’s calendar.

Discussion:  There were no board reports.

Discussion:  The bills were correct, but the total was incorrectly reported at the March board meeting.

Discussion:  President Jennifer Boruch stated that a motion by Michael Neujahr and a second by Anthony Mestl to go into executive session at &:03 until the finish of business to discuss the 2022-2023 extra-duty assignments and to prevent the needless injury to the reputation of an individual in compliance with the law passed.

Exited executive session at 7:25 PM.

Discussion:  Welcome to Osceola Public Schools, Mr. Zittritsch!

Discussion:  Superintendent Jason Lavaley updated the Board about the possibility of an Exeter-Milligan Public Schools and Friend Public Schools co-op.  This co-op is between Exeter-Milligan and Friend only.  Osceola Is not co-oping with these schools.  This discussion was how this co-op could affect the conference.

Discussion:  Superintendent Jason Lavaley and the Board reviewed the survey that was sent to the students to get their opinion about their interests in activities.