June 15, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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*Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.

Rationale:  Notice of this meeting was given in advance according to State Law 84-1411, by giving notice of the meeting to the public.  Notice of this meeting was also given in advance to all members of the Board of Education.

Rationale:  This meeting has been preceded by advance notice and is hereby declared to be in open session.  A copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is posted on the N.E. wall of the meeting room.

Rationale:  Notice of Meeting was published in the Tri-City Tribune, posted on the CCS Website and at the District Office.

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Resignation of Richard Pflaster, Bus Route Driver, effective May 22, 2015.

 

Rationale:  This policy change has been recommended by NDE for our district to meet requirements of Title I

Rationale:  The Bond Fund Budget is being amended due to refinanced bond to a lower interest rate to save in interest over the term of the bond and shorten the time of the repayment schedule.  This amendment will not impact property taxes for the current school year.

Rationale:  Alternative Education Teacher

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The board has the right to enter into executive session throughout the meeting upon clarifying the reason to enter executive session

Rationale:  Updates for compliance with Title I

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Bus Route vs. Paying Rural Families for Transportation

 Scenarios for transporting students: 

• We are losing one route driver and possibly one activities driver.  Meeting with Bill Andres, we discussed changing the routes so we have one less route to accommodate the lost of one route driver.
• The town routes will be picked up by the East or the North route driver and South route driver, which will eliminate the town route.
•  The North bus route will take a couple of families from the Northwest route, which will allow the Northwest/West route to be able to use a van. 
• The issue we may still have is we need to buy another larger route bus so we can eliminate the town route.  Our old snub nose buses are going to be 23 years old and are starting to fail us.  A newer bus will be more reliable for a bus route.
• We can’t use anymore of our custodians to do routes or I will not be able to use them for activities.  I will only have three custodians to do activities during the week at this time.  On the weekends will not be a problem.

 2011 -2013 used yellow bus with 60 – 71 capacity will cost us $50,000 - $60,000.  Lower miles 30,000 to 45,000 miles.

 It is cheaper to provide transportation for families over paying for them to travel to school but not by much.  A newer route bus will need to be purchased if we continue transporting students.  In the future we will need to send some buses to the “bone yard” and rotate some of our better buses out.  I don’t want to keep them until they die like we have in the past.

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• Looking at buying a newer used bus, larger van and mini van for 2015-2016.

Rationale:  Rental on Mobile Classroom

Rationale:  Monday, July 20, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting