April 7, 2014 at 6:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
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2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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4. OPEN FORUM
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5. LE SUEUR - HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT RECOGNIZES
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5.1. Dontations & Grants Received
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5.2. Congratulations to Retired Le Sueur - Henderson's Activities Director, Ron Walters.
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Ron Walters received a Distinguished Service Award at the 2014 State A.D. Conference in St. Cloud.
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6. CONSENT AGENDA
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6.1. District Office Consent Items
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6.1.1. Minutes of March 24, 2014 Regular School Board Meeting.
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6.2. Personnel Consent Items
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6.2.1. Consideration to Accept Retirement of Elementary Art Teacher, Charles Putnam.
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Charlie Putman has been serving our children for 29 years as an art teacher and media specialist. We truly appreciate his dedication and service to the Le Sueur - Henderson School District and wish him well in his future endeavors.
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6.2.2. Consideration to Approve Resignation of Title I Paraprofessional, Kristi Drent.
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We thank Kristi Drent for her service to our schools. Her efforts are very appreciated. We wish her well in her future.
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6.2.3. Consideration to Approve Leave of Absence for Joy Wollin for the 2014 - 15 school year.
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Ms. Wollin is currently on a leave of absence for the 2013-14 school year serving as our Minnesota Reading Corps literacy tutor. This is not a district paid position, thus the need for the leave. Ms Wollin would like to continue as the literacy tutor for the 2014-15 school year. Both Mr. Bjorndahl and myself recommend approval of the leave for the 2014-15 school year.
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7. REPORTS
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7.1. Program Reports
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7.1.2. English Language Learners
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Ellen O'Neill/Peiling Liu
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7.2. Other Reports
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7.2.1. Student Enrollment Update
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
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Our enrollment has an increase of 6 students this month. This maintains our average for the year at 1020 students. The fluctuation in enrollment continue.
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7.2.2. Report on April 1, 2014 School Board Work Session
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
The topic of our Work Session on April 1 was the 2014-15 budget. We will have a summary of the discussion that was held.
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7.3. Committee Reports
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7.3.1. Curriculum & Instruction 3-24-14
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7.3.2. Outreach Committee 3-31-14
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7.3.3. Outreach Committee 4-3-14
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7.3.4. Policy Committee 3-31-14
Presenter:
Bill Floyd
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The Policy Committee has begun the process of reviewing our policies. Mr. Floyd will report on our review plan.
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8. OLD BUSINESS
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8.1. Consideration to Approve High School Graduation Recognition.
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Nikki Kiemele
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With approval to eliminate our class rank designation of our high school seniors upon graduation, the Board directed the high school leadership team to develop a recommendation of how we will recognize our graduating seniors.
The leadership team has made a recommendation to the Administrative Team and the Curriculum and Instruction Committee. Both groups recommend approval of the proposed high school recognition guidelines.
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8.2. Consideration for bus services to enter the driveway of Chris & Andrea Koller to provide direct pick - up and drop - off services.
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
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This item was tabled at the March 24 meeting in order to gather more information. The Finance & Facilities Committee has reaffirmed their support of the current pick up location for the Koller family. The committee recommends 4.0 Bus Service not enter the Koller driveway to pick up the children.
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8.3. Consideration to Approve the General Fund Balance Goal of $300,000 for the 2014 - 15 School Year.
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
A recommendation of a $300,000 Fund Balance Goal for the 2014-15 year has been established by the Finance and Facilities Committee. This goal has been established by considering all aspects of our financial situation.
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8.4. Consideration to Approve the Listed 2014 - 15 Budget Changes
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
The Finance and Facilities Committee and the Administrative Team recommend the approval of all of the items listed in the agenda for the 2014-15 school year. Through the budget development process, the items listed were designed as a package. By separating items out, there will be consequences to other items and the overall budget.
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8.4.1. Add Hilltop Section (1 FTE)
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8.4.2. Restructure 2nd TOSA/MSU partnership
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8.4.3. Reduce 4 Sections at Elementary (3 FTE, 1 Intern)
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8.4.4. Increase Hilltop Reading to 1.0 FTE/Reduce Park to 1.0 FTE
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8.4.5. Change .33 Gifted & Talented to .5 ELL at Hilltop
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8.4.6. Reduce 2 Elementary Instructional Paras
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8.4.7. Reduce Park Secretary by 4 hours, combine with ELL Para
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8.4.8. Relocate Henderson Pre-School to UCC
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8.4.9. Increase Technology Para at MS/HS to 6.5 hrs
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8.4.10. Keep the Technology Integration Position
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8.5. Consideration of Resolution Relating to the Termination and Non-renewal of the Teaching Contract of Probationary Teachers and Classified Staff
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
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Due to our declining enrollment and the budgetary impacts that result, we are faced with the need to reduce staffing. Regretfully, the Administrative Team and Finance and Facilities Committee recommend the reduction of the listed probationary teachers and paraprofessionals.
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8.5.1. Jill Baston
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8.5.2. Ellen O'Neill
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8.5.3. Paul Larson
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8.5.4. Shanan Curtis
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8.5.5. Carla McGrath
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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10. BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS / IDEAS EXCHANGE
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11. NEXT MEETING INFORMATION
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11.1. Schedule of Upcoming Meetings
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12. ADJOURN
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