September 14, 2015 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. A copy of the agenda items is tentative and may be changed by the Board if necessary.

Discussion:  President Schleif called the regular meeting to order at 6:04 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 Steve Rinehart, MS/HS Principal Dale Maynard and Elementary Principal Brett Webster. There were no patrons in attendance.

Discussion:  Superintendent Rinehart reviewed the budgets with the Board. There were no patrons in attendance.

Discussion:  Superintendent Rinehart talked about the final tax request with the Board. There were no patrons in attendance.

Discussion:  There were no patrons present.

Discussion:  Principal Webster gave his oral and written report about: students taking the Dibels and MAPS tests; the new dismissal times at the Elementary and changes made: the PAC providing sandwiches for teachers at the Parent Teacher Conferences on Wednesday, September 16th; the Book Fair taking place September 16th through September 18th; field trips scheduled for Preschool, 3rd and 4th grades; the great teachers the Elementary has as he has done early walkthroughs. He also gave an AD report on Fall activities.

Discussion:  Principal Maynard gave his oral and written report about: student numbers to start the year; the Climate Project including a Climate Committee and a Climate Plan the District is implementing for school improvement; how the board would like to recognize students with GPA of 4.0 at graduation; the Strategic Plan - Suggestions/Modifications for the school improvement process; a request from Student Council about changing the Activities Banquet; and the past and present ACT scores from the District.

Discussion:  Superintendent Rinehart gave his oral and written report about: planning to plant 20 trees, thanks to Steve Schmit; Board members attending Nebraska State School Boards Convention in November; negotiations will be starting by November 1st; Superintendent's evaluation will be distributed next month with the evaluation done in November; and thoughts on changes in graduation.

Discussion:  There were no board reports.

Discussion:  Superintendent Rinehart reviewed with the Board about updating short and long-term goals for the school district. The Board will revisit these goals during the October regular meeting.

Discussion:  The Board discussed possibility of adding handicap accessibility to the football bleachers due to requests from district patrons. The football facility is grandfathered and considered accessible since there is a sidewalk and access up to the fence. Superintendent Rinehart had a couple of options of what could be done to make the bleachers accessible with an estimated price of $30,000 to create an ADA compliant landing. Mr. Rinehart indicated that he had other bids coming. The Board indicated they wished to have more information which will be provided at future meetings.

Discussion:  President Schleif repeated that a motion was made by Darin Sterup and seconded by John Kropatsch to go into executive session until the finish of business for the protection of the public interest or for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual to discuss personnel issues. Time: 8:26PM. The Board exited the executive sission which was called for the discussion of personnel issues. Time: 8:35PM.